Music clouds the intellect but clarifies the heart.

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.

Ihr redet, wenn ihr aufhört mit euren Gedanken in Frieden zu sein.

All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.

I really like Kansas City Royals stadium - Kauffman Stadium.

Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.

I don't really chase trends and fads because they are fleeting.

Major investment decisions have become too important to be left to the private sector.

There is not a more prudent maxim, than to live with one's enemies as if they may one day become one's friends; as it commonly happens, sooner or later, in the vicissitudes of political affairs.

There's no such thing as a normal life. Some lives are just more interesting than others, and we shouldn't judge people for being boring.

The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.