“Ain't no point worrying about what's been or what's gonna be. You just gotta do your best right now. And trust everyone else is doing the same.”
“We're on our own. An I feel calm. It seems crazy . . . but I'm calm. Because now I see what I gotta do. An what I ain't gotta do, which is waste time thinkin that anybody's gonna help us. That somebody's gonna come along an rescue us. I cain't count on nobody but me.”
“What's the use you learning to do right when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?”
“Sometimes you gotta do what’s right for you and forget about everybody else. All that matters is what you want. What you need.”
“Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
“Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living.”