To be a Naturalist is better than to be a King.

The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man.

I can only think of one experience which might exceed in interest a few hours spent under water, and that would be a journey to Mars.

A first walk in any new country is one of the things which makes life on this planet worth being grateful for.

The isness of things is well worth studying; but it is their whyness that makes life worth living.

Earth has few secrets from the birds.

Butterflies doing strange things in very beautiful ways were in my mind when I sat down, but by the time my pen was uncapped my thoughts had shifted to rocks.

……but work in the field has nothing to do with dignity or with anything except patience, concentration, and eternal vigilance

We are all copy cats. The only original 'thing' is God, And "him", hell, most of us know as little as we know cats.

I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.

The Unbookables are supposed to be unbookable. That's what it's all about.

Pity the man who has a character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is silent poor indeed.

History ... may be regarded as an artificial extension and : broadening of our memories and may be used to overcome the natural bewilderment of all unfamiliar situations.

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.

I like to disappear in the parts I play.

I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.

There is not a respectable system of civilization known to history whose foundations were not laid in the institution of domestic slavery.

When we're doing an action game, we make the second level first. We begin making level 1 once everything else is completed.