Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.

[O]rdinary language is not the last word: in principle it can everywhere be supplemented and improved upon and superseded. Only remember, it is the first word.…

Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us.

[H]owever well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact is richer than diction…

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should hav…

You might say, what if I screw up? Then screw up big! Go for it! Do a big screwup!

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.