One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.

War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other.

A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.

If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes.

I’m tired of doing what I don’t want to do to live the way I don’t want to live.

Night and day the river flows. If time is the mind of space, the River is the soul of the desert. Brave boatmen come, they go, they die, the voyage flows on forever. We are all canyoneers. We are all passengers on this little mossy ship, this delicate dory sailing round the sun that humans call the earth. Joy, shipmates, joy.

Most of the literary classics are worth reading, if you've nothing better to do.