Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.

The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth.

It is one of the blessings of wilderness life that it shows us how few things we need in order to be perfectly happy.

The man with the knapsack is never lost. No matter whither he may stray, his food and shelter are right with him, and home is wherever he may choose to stop.

In the school of the woods, there is no graduation day.

You may loan your last dollar to a friend; but never loan him your axe, unless you are certain that he knows how to use it.

To equip a pedestrian with shelter, bedding, utensils, food, and other necessities, in a pack so light and small that he can carry it without overstrain, is really a fine art.

Choices makes us, choices made at mire proves a person to be righteous or evil. It depends on us to be vanquished or to stand indomitable to a predicament.

Steven Tyler is awesome. He is so humble. He's really sweet and coming from him and his career, it's amazing.

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.

To boldly split infinitives that no man had split before.

If you do improvising, it can sometimes end up being a waste of time. And if you do that, it's more or less based on a writing process.

I feel that bands can do whatever they want, after all, they own themselves and the art/music they create.

Cancer doesn’t care if you’re Republican or Democrat.

The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something that will appeal at home and abroad.

I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit.

We are giving away the country so a few very rich people can get richer.