If we had the power of ten Shakespeares or a dozen Mozarts, we could not produce anything half so marvelous as one ordinary human child.

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.

A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.

Startups should be, if you graph their financial performance, it should be what's called a J curve. You start out at zero, you're not making any money, you're not losing any money.

To the folks that continue to support through ups and downs... good and bad... I can't thank you.

Every one of our children will be brought into the ark, if we pray and work earnestly for them.

Dogs who chase cars evidently see them as large, unruly ungulates badly in need of discipline and shepherding.

I would like to work with Pat [ Leonard] in any capacity. I would love to hear his versions.

And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed.

It isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment. Each one of us carries a gallows inside us.

The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business.

The only way an Iraqi biological agent would kill you is if it landed on your head.