To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

Life should be great rather than long.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

What goes up must come down.

There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

Time is the best killer.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.