I do have trouble with titles.

The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth

Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.

The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering.

The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends.

In a life properly lived, you're a river.

Beware, O wanderer, the road is walking too.

Death steals everything except our stories.

Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.

State first, subject second, statesman last.

Our service as believers is in our help and attitude towards others

I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity.

Unless structure follows strategy, inefficiency results.

She gets a hundred for her body and a nickel for her soul.

I don't believe anyone is ugly.

That's the whole key to anything: Don't be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.

Give me a laundry list and I'll set it to music.

We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us.

History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at the very head of the government couldn't be wise.