“Take life seriously but none of the people in it.”

“If you want to kind of try what I do, take life seriously but none of the people in it.”

“I have had all I can stand of not taking myself seriously.”

“I can't tell if you're serious or not,' said the driver. I won't know myself until I find out if life is serious or not,' said Trout. 'It's dangerous, I know, and it can hurt a lot. That doesn't necessarily mean it's serious, too.”

“Take care of the people, and god almighty will take care of himself.”

“Our lives drifts along with normal things happening. Some ups, some downs, but nothing to go down in history about. Nothing so fantastic or terrible that it'll be told for a thousand years.“But because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with huge ups and downs! So people pretend there is drama where there is none.”That's why people invent fights. That's why we're drawn to sports. That's why we act like everything that happens to us is such a big deal.We're trying to make our life into a fairy tale.”

“It was a big mistake for me to take a degree in anthropology anyway, because I can't stand primitive people — they're so stupid.”