John Burroughs

Leap, and the net will appear.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.

I will not subject my wife, family or friends to the sadistic vitriol of yellow journalism. I will not dignify such journalism with a reply or an answer. I never will.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.