“If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.”

“Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about... If you want to get along, go along.”

“… if you expect people to try to do things your way, you're going to have to give some hints as to what that way is.”

“Aren't you going to introduce your little girlfriend to your mother?”

“Here's to our wives and girlfriends… may they never meet!”

“If you’re going to try, go all the
way.
otherwise, don’t even start.”

“People say that you're going the wrong way when it's simply a way of your own.”

“When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.”

“Maybe you're going insane."
"Maybe," agreed Kernel.
"I was joking."
"I wasn't.”

“If you only try to please others, you're going to resent those people you're trying to please; the ones who are often closest to you. If you choose a path that you yourself want to take, then you're going to be much kinder to the people in your life.”