"The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages--as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already."
"Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind."
"I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words `phenomenology' or `structuralism', I reach for my buck knife."
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
"Grown men do not need leaders."
"All power rests on hierarchy: An army is nothing but a well-organized lynch mob."
"Liberty cannot be guaranteed by law. Nor by any thing else except the resolution of free citizens to defend their liberties."
"Home is where, when you have to go there, you probably shouldn't."
"There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure."
"Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once."
"Paradise for a happy man lies in his own good nature."
"When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful."
"To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question."
"Women who love only women may have a good point."
"Concrete is heavy; iron is hard--but the grass will prevail."
"Those who dream of the joys of living in a space colony should live in a space colony."
"What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most."
"The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chain saws."
"When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem."
"I have written much about many good places. But the best places of all, I have never mentioned."