“I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.”

“I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.”

“Worrying about what might go wrong may not be as glamorous a job as speculating about the future, but it is a more essential job right now.”

“I’ve been through a lot and I realize the future can’t be controlled. I’m not worried. You can always learn to overcome difficulties.”

“I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.”

“Don't worry about it, Mikey," Dee said comfortingly. "You'll probably be next, so you won't be here when our Great Deception comes crashing down.”

“There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”

“I don’t hold on to fear as much as I used to, because I’ve learned a lot about genuinely not caring what strangers think about me. It’s very liberating. It’s very empowering, and I’ve learned a lot of that from Jay—Shawn Carter—Z, because his approach to life is very internal. It’s a very good lesson to learn.”

“I don’t know what I’m doing in the next five minutes and she has the next ten years figured out. I’ll worry about making it out of ninth grade alive. Then I’ll think about a career path.”

“Never trust an economist with your job. Learn about economics yourself. And make up your own mind about what might protect your job – and what might destroy it.”