We're all undesirable elements from somebody's point of view.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable.

Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.

Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent; got kiss myself I'm so pretty.

Most people are rowing against the current of life. Instead of turning the boat around, all they need to do is let go of the oars.

I feel like I learn something from everything I do.

Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.

People who refuse to open their minds to new strategies seldom become rich.

It's not like there are a lot of horror shows on television. There are a few.

Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good.