“Preparation works better than optimism”

“Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.”

“It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.”

“Alaska decided to go help Dolores with dinner. She said that it was sexist to leave the cooking to the women, but better to have good sexist food than crappy boy-prepared food.”

“Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it.”

“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”

“There’s no better way to mess up a good cowdog than to let him discover that goofing off beats the heck out of hard work.”