Art, science, philosophy, religion -- each offers at best only a crude simplification of actual living experience.

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.

Children play from the library of their imagination and it feels real to them.

One minute of sincere gratitude can wash away a lifetime’s disappointments.

Have you inspired someone today by your actions?

Love of glory can only create a great hero contempt of glory creates a great man.

And you, my Critics! in the chequer'd shade, Admire new light thro' holes yourselves have made.

I stopped going to mass, and boy, it was painful for me, and it was certainly painful for my family, but I just couldn't ratify their behavior and their decisions anymore by showing up on Sundays.

'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV.

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

For most actors, it's such a struggle to get work. Once they have it, they feel that there's an enormous amount of pressure on them to make it work, and have everyone love them.

The greatest competitive advantage in our modern economy is a positive and engaged brain.