“If it’s going to be two against one, make sure you aren’t the one.”

““Now I’m going to make you angry again.”
“Really?” I asked, drily. “Aren’t you getting tired of that?””

Ann Leckie book Ancillary Justice

“There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living — cook books and detective stories.”

Rex Stout (1886–1975) American writer

“Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee.”

David Frost (1939–2013) English journalist, comedian, writer, media personality and daytime TV game show host

“There are in the final analysis, two kinds of decisions. One, decisions you make for yourself and two decisions other people make for you, whether it's one tyrant or 51% of your fellow citizens.”

Alan Charles Kors (1943) American academic

“The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.”

Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer

“One day you think you never even made a choice and then you have to make one, even a wrong one, just so you're sure you're still able. And once that's over, you can go back and be happy again with what you were before you started worrying.”

Richard Ford (1944) American novelist and short story writer

“No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you.”

Robert Greene book Mastery

“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher