"If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point."

"Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there's the two snakes on the side of the ambulance. The caduceus, or the staff of Hermes, there's the two snakes going up it, which means that the venom can also be healing."

"It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even."

"I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to any paramedic, they survive by developing a pretty off-kilter sense of humor."

"It is a enduring truth that the test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Every sunset is a reminder that character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"There are different kinds of humor, some is sarcastic, some introspective. Introspective fit my personality better."

"If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick."