A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!

No great advance has been made in science, politics, or religion without controversy.

Fashion is made to become unfashionable.

I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands, it'll be a fair curve from a noble plan.

Al Gore invented the Internet.

He who cannot accept reproof cannot become great.

Jews are the most liberal, scrappy, civil-rightsy people there are.

Blogging is like work, but without coworkers thwarting you at every turn.

Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.