“Liver failure is the easiest way to say 'no' to alcohol.”

“Cannibal: epicures who abstain from alcohol and tobacco. As moral guides, they are underutilized in the police forces of modern societies.  ”

“I don't believe in failure. I'm perseverant - I believe in failing.”

“As a captain whose vessel is about to crash on the rocks empties its souls of doubt, so are the hesitant useful for throwing off of an enterprise nearing its end: blame must be cast in failure, profits divided easily in success.”

“The only way to tell a fable is to introduce a human. The only way to tell a proverb is to introduce your grandfather.”

“The only way to be completely self-consistent is to be constantly uttering paradoxes.”

“Folk wisdom: quaint sayings of urban sophisticates compiled from the suburbs.”