“Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.”

“Some people are born to weirdness,” Jerry said, “and others have weirdness thrust upon them.”

“May I deal with honourMay I act with courageMay I achieve humility”

“Life has a way of kicking one along like a football, or so I've found. Fate had never dealt me personally a particularly easy time, but that was OK, that was normal. Most people, it seemed to me, took their turn to be football. Most survived. Some didn't.”

“I had set myself an unattainable ideal. Such human skill I could summon wasn’t enough for the job. I felt the suicidal despair of all who longed to do what they couldn’t, what only a few in each century could – whether blessed or cursed in spirit. No achievement was ever finite. There was no absolute summit. No peak of Everest to plant a flag on. Success was someone else’s opinion.”

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”

“Some people are born to command. Some people achieve command. And others have command thrust upon them ...”