Only a fool would leave the enjoyment of rainbows to the opticians. Or give the science of optics the last word on the matter.

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.

I'm full of dust and guitars...

There's a lot of interest from the medical community on how things develop in microgravity, and the hope, later, that is expected to apply to what the changes are in humans as well.

The most beautiful smile is the one for someone who isn’t there, who just popped on your mind.

The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art-as-ornament.

When you have great scripts, everything is very easy and fun.

It would be right to say that the helicopter's role in saving lives represents one of the most glorious pages in the history of human flight.

You and I more than anyone else in the universe are perfect for each other.

I am fascinated by crime scene investigating. I swear, I wish I was a crime scene investigator sometimes!

I use color in a completely arbitrary way in order to express myself powerfully.

Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish it.