Henry James was our master of periphrasis -- the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of words.

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.

Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.

You ought to pray, read and mediate on word of God. These acts lead to the greatest spiritual awaken.

I've never been lonely because I enjoy my own company.

That is the principal thing: not to remain with the dream with the intention with the being in the mood but always forcibly to convert it into all things.

I love Santa Monica and Venice because I like the beach. I have a lot of friends in that area.

We want to be the first in the field and Rolex should be seen as the one and only-the best.

Lilacs are May in essence.

It will be celebrated... with pomp and parade... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.

The only way that residual racist feelings could affect legislation, in my opinion, is through a lack of priorities, from not doing things.

Through the deliverance of India, I seek to deliver the so-called weaker races of the earth from the crushing heels of Western exploitation in which England is the greatest partner.