Starting with getting run down by a drunk burning his way down Valencia -- that were infinitely more likely and immediate than terrorists.
It's a dangerous business going out your front door.
While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness.
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
Vegetarianism is harmless enough, though it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness.
I'd never looked down the barrel of a gun before, but everything you've heard about the experience is true.