Alaska is our biggest, buggiest, boggiest state. Texas remains our largest unfrozen state. But mountainous Utah, if ironed out flat, would take up more space on a map than either.

This is the most beautiful place on Earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary.

High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of performing simple and primordial tasks - chopping wood, building a fire, drawing water from a spring

I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere.

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.

The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient.

If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.