“Don't focus on the one guy who hates you. You don't go to the park and set your picnic down next to the only pile of dog shit.”

“On Lego's"Listen, I don't want to stifle your creativity, but that thing you built there, it looks a pile of shit.”

“A picnic? It's a little late for Central Park, don't you think? It's full of-'He waved a hand. 'Faeries. I know.' 'I was going to say muggers,' said Clary. 'Though I pity the mugger who goes after you.”

“Look - guys are dogs. Women have known this since the beginning of time. Guys don't want to be chased; they chase. So if you're going to catch one, you have to know how to make him chase you.”

“What I say is, don't go playing unless you can win. Only sit down to chess with idiots, only kick a dog what's dead already, and don't love a lady unless she loves you first.”

“You don't think before you do, then you're shocked when you end up on the wrong side of a shit pile.”