We know so very little about this strange planet we live on, this haunted world where all answers lead only to more mystery.

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.

One of the better definitions of insanity - doing the exact same thing over and over and expecting the result to be different.

Every one of today's smartphones has thousands of times more processing power than the computers that guided astronauts to the moon.

I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.

The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.

When I'm in Boston, I always feel like I'm home. I almost cry, I feel so good.

Buy what's deliverable, not what could be.

Bush, Blair and Rumsfeld; they are the funny trio.

I love how people walk around with crucifixes, skullcaps, pointy hats, funny beards and then say 'you should keep your atheism to yourself.'

But we need to quit taxing people upon death. No taxation without respiration.

I couldn't remember what life was like before I started walking.