There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.
The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range.
The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.
If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim.
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
Fight back! Whenever you are offered violence, fight back! The aggressor does not fear the law, so he must be taught to fear you. Whatever the risk, and at whatever the cost, fight back!
Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.
Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy.
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
What I had to say was, in general, I'm not really a fan of any one genre of any kind of film.
Results should not be too voluntarily aimed at or too busily thought of. They are sure to float up of their own accord from a long enough daily work at a given matter.