It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.

The Japanese do not fear God. They only fear bombs.

Must I remind you that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link?

To the Japanese, Portugal and Russia are neutral enemies, England and America are belligerent enemies, and Germany and her satellites are friendly enemies. They draw very fine distinctions.

It's fear of being afraid that frightens me more than anything else.

I like the libertarian view, which is to leave everyone alone. Even as a kid, I was annoyed by people who wanted to tell everyone how to live.

The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.

The worst the least curable hatred is that which has superseded deep love.

We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more.

Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care; thus fruit follows the fair blossom, as honor follows a good life.

I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.

It's nice having a bear about the house.

Less land, less time, more crop.

If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you'll find it.

As soon as I discovered weightlifting, all I wanted to do - my plan in life - was to work out, lay on the beach, and get high... smoke dope. And that's really what I'm doing.