So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.

Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

Over the long haul of life on the planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants.

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth!

The National Park Service today exemplifies one of the highest traditions of public service.

A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life.

Wilderness, like the national park system, was an American idea.

It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.

The real story of the settlement of the West was work, not conquest

It gives me satisfaction to help people.

Ageing is, simply and clearly, the accumulation of damage in the body. That's all that ageing is.

Everyone has seen photographs of Mexicans wearing those big sombreros. When you come to Mexico, the astonishing thing is, nobody wears these hats at all.

Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't singing.

God exists because arithmetic is consistent - the Devil exists because we can't prove it!

Dreams change, yes, that makes sense, but I didn't know dreams could hide inside a person.

You're always under the microscope, you don't know which mission you're going to get. It's a surprise.

Give me a Sunday morning, that's full of grace, A simple life and I'll be okay, here in small town U.S.A.

I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

You can never, ever predict the curve balls it throws you. So just roll with it, and don't forget to enjoy the moment and soak it up. Don't just Instagram it.