Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve.

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.

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

Exaggeration is my only reality.

In life you need courage to fight the dragons. The ones who live inside and the ones who live outside

The largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as the globule of mercury in its tube.

A big business never becomes big by being a narrow society looking after only the interests of its organization and stockholders.

You're a cop. I need a doughnut.

Love and forgiveness is not for the faint-hearted.

The schedule is really crazy and the fans are sometimes kind of crazy, but other than that it's been - it's been cool.

Any time you can squeeze out the opportunity to get better, you should.

I feel like I've met most people I look up to musically. I just want to meet Chef.