“This is what happens when you try to help people. You get screwed.”

“You ever get the feeling the world's filling up with bastards? I do. What I want to know is what happens when all the bastards run out of people to crap on? What happens when all that's left in the world is bastards? . . . The golden rule. Screw unto others before they screw unto you.”

“We'll just have to get along. That's what people do, you know? They just get along. And try to help each other.”

“I suppose that's what happens when you make other people's lives miserable: life gets miserable back at you.”

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

“That's what happens when you get a regular job, other people's shit becomes your problem. 'Course, by the time you got that figured, it's up around your ears and you're just trying to keep your [expletive]ing mouth shut.”