You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty.
A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
We think in generalities, but we live in detail.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.
People were still cramming down the stairs, and more were squeezing past the turnstiles and down the escalators onto the platforms, but it was clear to me that this wasn't going to have a happy ending.