A critic is to an author as a fungus to an oak.

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.

Beyond all judgments of good and bad ...is perfection - Vivian Amis

There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes.

You had to be tough in our neighborhood.

Nevada has a very dynamic economy, with gambling being the number-one industry, followed closely by blood donorship.

What we need are lots of girls who aren't as good as us, who'll treat us with the proper respect and reverance.

That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.

I love the phrase, 'Somebody's going to have a good day today, so it might as well be me.' I feel like you bring everything to the character, I hope.

Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate

You need to look at inequality as a typical condition of modern society.

An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand.