The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.