I think the Colorado Plateau is the most scenic area in the world - let's begin with that. Not just the United States.

The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth.

A limit on the automobile population of the United States would be the best of news for our cities. The end of automania would save open spaces, encourage wiser land use, and contribute greatly to ending suburban sprawl.

So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.

We're all pretty individualistic.

I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, 'Henry, have you made your peace with God?' Thoreau said, 'I didn't know we'd quarreled.

A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life.