“Life is a journey without reliable tour guides. You made plans and then you got distracted and took detours that proved to be dull, disastrous, or wonderful, or a combination of all three. – Josie Navarre (heroine)”

“Don't worry about bitin' off more than you can chew. Your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger than you think.”

“Just 'cause trouble comes visiting doesn't mean you have to offer it a place to sit down.”

“Letting a cat out of the bag is a lot easier than putting it back.”

“When you go to power without a base, your demand becomes a request.”

“Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be 'too clever by half.' The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.”

“You only get one name, preserve and honor it.”