“Ellen Griswold: I honestly don't think you're going to find the Grand Canyon on this road. Clark: Jesus, it's only the biggest damn hole in the world. Aunt Edna: Clark, watch your language! Clark: Make that the second biggest.”— John Hughes, Clark Griswold, Chevy Chase, imdb.com
“Crying: acceptable at funerals and the Grand Canyon.”— Alan Yang, Ron Swanson, Nick Offerman, imdb.com
“I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.”— John McCain, presidency.ucsb.edu
“To the Indians here I want to say a word of welcome. In my regiment I had a good many Indians. They were good enough to fight and to die, and they are good enough to have me treat them exactly as squarely as any white man. There are many problems in connection with them. We must save them from corru…”— Theodore Roosevelt, theodorerooseveltcenter.org
“In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world. I want to ask you to keep this great wonder of nature as it now is. I hope you will not have a building of any kind, not a summer cottage, a hotel or anything else, to mar the…”— Theodore Roosevelt, nps.gov