I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.

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.

You didn't wake up, your dreams just changed gear.

The Day will Go On... Until your Life will Go On..

I will wait for God’s promises to be fulfilled in my life.

Anyone who craves an afterlife has not lived their life to the fullest.

I find China such a fascinating and interesting country. Each time I come back something has changed and it's moved on in leaps and bounds.

If the modern leader doesn't know the facts, he is in grave trouble, but rarely do the facts provide unqualified guidance.

You better play together as a team or you sit.

Nothing is given to you.

There's nothing like mixing with women to bring out all the foolishness in a man of sense.

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do but to achieve what they want to achieve.