“I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every time, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.”

“We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter. Life is to be lived”

“I’ve never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion. We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter. Life is to be lived.”

“The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.”

“The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.”

“Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.”

“Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that”