How did Haydn and Mozart produce such vast quantities of formally perfect art? They worked from a perfect formula. In music, Beethoven was the Great Emancipator.

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.

Birds are the eyes of Heaven.

He loves but little who can say and count in words, how much he loves.

Never plan a picnic' Father said. 'Plan a dinner, yes, or a house, or a budget, or an appointment with the dentist, but never, never plan a picnic.

I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage.

Say "I love you" to those you love. The eternal silence is long enough to be silent in, and that awaits us all.

She was owner and captive, both, of a bitterly divided heart.

I tell people to frame the picture. Make the greatest, most perfect composition you can . . . and then take a step forward. It skews it a bit and makes it more interesting.

I have to say as an actor I have been inspired by so many British actors throughout the years.

Openness has been vital to Asia's fast growth in the past and it will continue to be crucial for the area's further development.

The more attached we are to a vision of the future, the less present we are to what is actually trying to emerge here and now.