"One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns he must die and accepts his sentence undismayed."

"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."

"Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it."

"Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you--if you don't play, you can't win."

"If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say: Let the damned thing go down the drain!"

"Specialization is for insects."

"There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either."

"While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again."

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

"Never trust anyone. You are always alone, and betrayal is inevitable."

"The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself."

"Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power."