We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope.

There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.

The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already.

What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most.

Salome had but seven veils; the artist has a thousand.

I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.

Longevity, like intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care.