“That is my rule of life. If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow. Do you remember Henley's magnificent lines? 'Under the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is bloody, but unbowed.' ? Tha...”

“Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.”

“People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.”

“The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.”

“One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.”

“Fear born of that stern matron Responsibility.”

“What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already...”

“There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, ...”

“Well, good luck, the Vietnam verbal tic...It was as though people couldnt stop themselves from saying it, even when they actually meant to express the opposite wish, like, Die, motherfucker. Usuall...”