“It's best to be ruthless with the past.”

“It's funny how close the past is, sometimes. Sometimes it seems as if you could almost reach out and touch it. Only who really wants to?”

“It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.”

“A cat won't curry favor even if it's in their best interests to do so. A cat can't be a hypocrite. If more preachers were like cats, this would be a more religious country.”

“The past is obdurate.”

“When it comes to the past, we all stack the deck.”

“Any fool who can pucker is apt to whistle past the graveyard.”