I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.

Somali is turning into a desert. Rwanda, you can hardly find a place to plant a potato, it's so crowded.

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants.

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.

How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security.

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

I'm a little different from all those conservation types.

According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work.

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do.

You cannot believe everything you hear

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.

Haven't you ever thought of livingunconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth, close to pears and the mossy dark, far from human voices and

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?

When I raced with Mercedes, I thought Id learn German. But my wife didnt want to live in Germany.

O, the red rose may be fair, And the lily statelier; But my shamrock, one in three Takes the very heart of me!

When I ponder my mind I consistently find It is glued On food.

Where there is no purity, there is no Unity. Without Unity you cannot attain Divinity. Then your life is just a waste. First purity, next Unity, then you realize your Divinity.

Confessions may be good for the soul but they are bad for the reputation.