Sierra Quotes

It was the funniest thing I`d ever heard. I`d been in Soledad, San Quentin, Folsom, Vacaville, Susanville, Sierra - and here`s a guy asking `Can you act like a convict?` I remember I said `I`ll give it a shot`.

All of life`s questions and answers are in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). It`s about greed and ambition and paranoia and looking at the worst parts of yourself. When I was writing There Will Be Blood (2007), I would put "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" on before I went to bed at night, just to fall asleep to it.

(on Elisha Cook, Jr.) Elisha Cook, Jr. lived alone up in the High Sierra, tied flies and caught golden trout between films. When he was wanted in Hollywood, they sent word up to his mountain cabin by courier. He would come down, do a picture and then withdraw again to his retreat.

Bear Valley is the hidden treasure of the Sierra.

The hospital in Sierra Leone sent a log of events of Alex`s final 24 hours, and that was put in an envelope and I didn`t read it for several months. But burying that information obviously didn`t work and eventually Vicki persuaded me to read the log.

This is an exciting project. They`ll be no place like it in the Sierra.

In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of a helicopter and, when we were in Bosnia, I drove an armoured vehicle, thousands of miles.

I think they do have to get it right in Sierra Leone. There has to be something in there now to establish confidence, to stabilize the situation, and then to move to some sort of political negotiations.

I think what`s happening in Sierra Leone is a crisis for that country, of course, but it`s also a crisis for peacekeeping for the United Nations.

I would hate to see operations in the Congo held hostage to Sierra Leone but I really think that`s the way it`s got to be. At one point we`ve got to decide to get it right and we`ve got to be professional.

However, I think, first of all, that what`s happening in Sierra Leone is going to have the great influence on those governments who will be asked to provide forces to the Congo. Second, of course, the Security Council has no professional military advice organized in any way.

I think the Congo force is in danger of not being enacted if we don`t clean up the act in Sierra Leone and indeed in all peace-keeping of the future.

I began taking pictures in the natural world to be able to show people what I was experiencing when I climbed and explored in Yosemite in the High Sierra.

That area environmentally is a waste. You can`t do anything. I don`t care if the Sierra Club goes out there. It is fully polluted! You`re not only going to work to clean up the environment, but also you will put people to work.

After completing two years of college in Jamaica, I came to the United States at age 18 to attend La Sierra University in Riverside.

I witnessed firsthand what happens when the federal government fails to protect public health after disaster strikes, ... The long-term impact on human health -- and public confidence in government -- is devastating. Sierra Club`s report is a wake-up call that it could happen again, and I confess that I am concerned for the rescue workers and residents facing the aftermath of the Katrina Hurricane. We need a full investigation of what happened at Ground Zero and what our government plans to do in all future emergencies.

It (Sierra Art Trails) is a two day event. People can buy a little catalog with maps and get to come and visit all of us,

We wanted to work with Sierra Mist to create something that was relevant to our viewers and people who love comedy. We have two brands that make a lot of sense. It`s a perfect alignment of assets that speaks to the TBS viewer.

In the computer software market, investors are looking for predictable earnings. Sierra would certainly be in that category.

The Sierra Club endorses Vice President Gore because he is committed to cutting air and water pollution and protecting our nation`s treasured forests and wildlands.