Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.

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.

A sound body with a non-judgmental mind and a heart full of love is the fountain of happiness.

Failure is only a step towards success.

But God has also given us the power to forget, so that when the tragedy is over we carry on as normal.

When one door closes another opens. But we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.

To me the most important thing is getting into a studio and making an album that is 12 or 14 amazing songs, getting up onstage, and making people happy by livening the rock.

Daisies infinite Uplift in praise their little growing hands, O'er every hill that under heaven expands.

It feels good, honey, but it isn't love.

Life isn't a straightforward climb up the ladder. It can take a few slips to really gain perspective.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.