There's nothing so obscene and depressing as an American Christmas.

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.

Look at me!Look at me!Look at me NOW!It is fun to have funBut you have to know how.

The people who do the scoring and the music for movies are very talented, really special people.

To discover he is loved in return ought really to disenchant the lover with the beloved.

As thou hast created me out of mingled air and glitter, I thank thee for it. [Ger., Wie aus Duft und Glanz gemischt Du mich schufst, dir dank ich's heut.]

I observe everything around me and when something hits me and it's funny, that's what I talk about. I'm a more observational kind of comic.

When you go to the cinema you look up, when you watch television you look down.

That's the mistake women make - you shouldn't see your makeup. We don't want to look like we've made an effort.

The best and most clear indicator that we are progressing spiritually and coming unto Christ is the way we treat other people.

Obama's latest line is that he didn't establish a "red line" but the world did through its conventions on chemical warfare.

A heart filled with love is like a phoenix that no cage can imprison.