Basho

Unless you know who you are, you will always be vulnerable to what people say.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.

The genius of the American people is Self-Reliance.

If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I’d type a little faster.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

Without doubt, Thomas Edison is my greatest contemporary.

I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.

Life on the road is murder. It’s as though life begins and ends with your horn in your mouth.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about! You’re crazy!

There is nothing ever wrong with ability, ambition, achievement; but they can easily be wronged by being used to bad ends.

Since when is “public safety” the root password to the Constitution?