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.

A pretty girl can do no wrong.

A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive and murderous society.

The night I filled an inside straight: Even a blind hog's gonna root up an acorn once in a while.

God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.

I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.

There comes a time in the life of us all when we must lay aside our books or put down our tools and leave our place of work and walk forth on the road to meet the enemy face-to-face. Once and for all and at last