I’m tired of doing what I don’t want to do to live the way I don’t want to live.

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.

Peace of mind always precipitates peace on earth.

Happiness is feeling confident that the god of this universe is pleased with the things you say and do.

Geoffrey [Howe] and I were mates, and he disagreed with [ Margaret Thatcher] position. So, we cooperated surreptitiously.

Through the Unknown, we'll find the New

John Wayne represents more force, more power, than anybody else on the screen.

The binders, the charts, the grids may seem formidable, but the meetings themselves are built around informality, trust, emotion and humor.

I was not a politician.

I hang my laundry on the line when I write.

One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy.

Donald Trump's idea that more nations should get nuclear weapons. Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea.