According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work.

Somali is turning into a desert. Rwanda, you can hardly find a place to plant a potato, it's so crowded.

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants.

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.

How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.

I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

I'm a little different from all those conservation types.

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do.

A deus ex machina will never appear in real life so you best make other arrangements.

If I still need someone to calm my anger down, then I surely need a scapegoat who enrages me.

The more you know the more you need to learn.

Ladies and gentlemen after what I've been through I am happy just to be wearing clothes that open in the front.

Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that.

The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, knows your every thought. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.

I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my first serious, serious song, I wrote when I was fourteen.

They're gonna make it look like suicide. I know how those bastards think.

Truthfullness to life-both fantasy life and factual life-is the basis of all great art.

Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic.