Is cruelty a moral judgment if it is fundamental to forms of life? Who is man to say that the workings of nature, and therefore of the divine plan of which he himself is part, are cruel?

If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Life without risks is not worth living.

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.

Isn't it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?

Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see .

I would rather live one day in Maui than one month in New York.

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes.

Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.

When men do not forget what can be forgotten but forget what cannot be forgotten - that may be called true forgetting.

Sometimes love cut so deep it causes terrible pain, or crossed paths with the joy of his present experiences.

A guy has to have the want-to. You don't just make plays by a mistake, by accident.

Living with integrity means... behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.

I want to fight for the side that fights for the living. Did I come to the right place?

No, really, Ronnie, it's good to share information when you know someone else is dating the lunarly challenged.

Whereas Angeline's antics made me want to pull out my hair sometimes, Trey found them endearing.

Have I tried it? Probably in one of my drunken stupors...

Life isn't about what you get, it's about what you DO with what you get.

I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.