Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.

I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever.

The Latino military fare badly when they stumble into war with the gringos. But in the torture, murder, and massacre of their own people, they have always performed with brilliance and elan.

The hawk's cry is as sharp as its beak.

I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to help an institution. Great nations may fall in ruin before I would sell a friend to save them.

A true conservative must necessarily be a conservationist.

The longest journey begins with a single step, not with the turn of an ignition key. That’s the best thing about walking, the journey itself. It doesn’t much matter whether you get where you’re going or not. You’ll get there anyway. Every good hike brings you eventually back home. Right where you started.