“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.”

“Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow.”

“Now as through this world I ramble I see lots of funny men Some rob you with a six gun Some with a fountain pen.”

“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.”

“This machine kills fascists.”

“As I went walking I saw a sign thereAnd on the sign it said "No Trespassing."But on the other side it didn't say nothing,That side was made for you and me.This land is your land, this land is my landFrom California to the New York islandFrom the Redwood forest to the Gulf Stream watersThis land was made for you and me.”

“Take it easy, but take it.”

“Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.”