If there's anything I hate, it's the vibraphone. And the cha-cha-cha. And Latin rhythms generally.

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.

Expect much more from God.

One by one the flowers close Lily and dewy rose Shutting their tender petals from the moon.

It is my belief that tax credits only go to people who are making money, and they generally keep it.

So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.

To be Christian is to be one of those whom God has chosen. God has chosen black people!

Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

Did you use a chainsaw?" Joey said. "I seem to recall you like chainsawa." "There wasn't a power outlet." Clay turned to me. "That's what I want for Father's Day, darling. A gas powered chainsaw.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others.

I didn't own a cell phone for a long time. I was late in the game on that.