There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
I went to Yosemite as an homage to Ansel Adams. I could never be Ansel Adams, but to know that's there for… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
In God's wildness lies the hope of the world-the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“Down through the middle of the Valley flows the crystal Merced, River of Mercy, peacefully quiet, reflecting lilies and trees and the… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“We don't speak of it, or react to it. Paralyzed in a reality of uncertainty and madness,this is where we are.” — Danielle Rohr Copy Share Image
“The making of gardens and parks goes on with civilization all over the world, and they increase both in size and number… — John Muir Copy Share Image
My mama didn't see it comin, my daddy was there. What's my excuse? Cartoons were the root. Started with Yosemite Sam With… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
No temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life. Some lean back… — John Muir Copy Share Image
As to scenery (giving my own thought and feeling), while I know the standard claim is that Yosemite, Niagara Falls, the Upper… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
God never made an ugly landscape. All that sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild. — John Muir Copy Share Image
I am free to confess that I am disappointed with the Yosemite valley. It seems only about one-half as grand as the… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
What they [Jim deMint and the oil lobby] do care about is the precedent. If they open up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
'Yosemite' opened doors for me in the New York theater community in amazing ways. There's a whole world of fearless young theater… — Kathryn Erbe Copy Share Image
One day's exposure to mountains is better than cartloads of books. See how willingly Nature poses herself upon photographers' plates. No earthly… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give… — John Muir Copy Share Image
As I hammered in the last bolt and staggered over the rim, it was not at all clear to me who was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The battle we have fought, and are still fighting, for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“If for a moment you are inclined to regard these taluses as mere draggled, chaotic dumps, climb to the top of one… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Maybe you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but like every American, you carry a deed to 635 million… — John Garamendi Copy Share Image