'There is no situation so bad that the cops can't make it worse.'

'There is no situation so bad that the cops can't make it worse.'
No man likes to be smoked out of his hole in February.
Is there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon?
Belief? What do I believe in? I believe in sun. In rock. In the dogma of the sun and the doctrine of the rock. I believe in blood, fire, woman, rivers, eagles, storm, drums, flutes, banjos, and broom-tailed horses.
The "Terror" of the French Revolution lasted for ten years. The terror that preceded and led to it lasted for a thousand years.
Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one.
Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.
Let the people walk. Or ride horses, bicycles, mules, wild pigs-anything-but keep the automobiles and the motorcycles and all their motorized relatives out.
Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man.
Congress is always willing to appropriate money for more and bigger paved roads, anywhere -- particularly if they form loops.
Why administrators are respected and schoolteachers are not: An administrator is paid a lot for doing very little, while a teacher is paid very little for doing a lot.
Simplicity is always a virtue.
A city man is a home anywhere, for all big cities are much alike. But a country man has a place where he belongs, where he always returns, and where, when the time comes, he is willing to die.
Poetry -- even bad poetry -- may be our final hope.
Where all think alike there is little danger of innovation.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.
Books are like eggs--best when fresh.
The ready availability of suicide, like sex and alcohol, is one of life's basic consolations.
God bless America. Let's try to save some of it.