“You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.”

“Using a fisherman's net with large holes will only catch big fish; letting the smaller ones escape unharmed. It is a lot like life: focusing only on one golden opportunity lets the smaller ones slip away unnoticed. However, starting small will catch larger opportunities over time.”

“Don't let yourself slip and get any perfect characters... keep them people, people, people, and don't let them get to be symbols.”

“You will follow me, if we are what we are, you and I, if we live, if the world exists, if you know the meaning of this moment and can't let it slip by, as others let it slip, into the senselessness of the unwilled and unreached.”

“Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them.”

“There is no harm in asking, only in letting an opportunity slip by without trying.”