Speaker 1

It’s better to be a pirate than to join the navy. --Steve Jobs

You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public. --Scott Adams

Be thankful we are not getting all the government we are paying for. --Will Rogers

Speaker 2

Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick.  Don’t lose faith. --Steve Jobs

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. --Scott Adams

We can’t all be heroes.  Someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. --Will Rogers

Speaker 3

I’m as proud of what we don’t do as what we do. --Steve Jobs

Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue. --Scott Adams

Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is. --Will Rogers

Speaker 4

Remembering that I will be dead soon is the most important tool to help make the big choices in life. --Steve Jobs

Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent. --Scott Adams

All I know I read in the papers. --Will Rogers

Speaker 5

Sometimes when you innovate you make mistakes.  It’s best to admit them quickly and get on with it. --Steve Jobs

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. --Scott Adams

Live in such a way you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. --Will Rogers

Speaker 6

Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want to change the world? --Steve Jobs

‘Wrong’ is one of those concepts that depends on witnesses. --Scott Adams

We are all here for a spell.  Get all the good laughs you can. --Will Rogers

Speaker 1

I have a new philosophy.  I’m only going to dread one day at a time. --Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown

It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive. --Homer, The Iliad

It’s our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities --JK Rowling, Harry Potter

Speaker 2

Happiness is a warm puppy --Charles Schulz, Snoopy

A small rock holds back a great wave --Homer, The Iliad

If you’re holding out for universal popularity, I’m afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter

Speaker 3

The psychiatrist is in. --Charles Schulz, Lucy

It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country. --Homer, The Iliad

What’s comin’ will come and we’ll meet it when it does. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter

Speaker 4

Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter like unrequited love. --Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown

The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside. --Homer, The Iliad

Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.  --JK Rowling, Harry Potter

Speaker 5

Keep looking up. That’s the secret of life. --Charles Schulz, Linus

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing; let there be one ruler, one king. --Homer, The Odyssey

You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter

Speaker 6

I love mankind.  It’s people I can’t stand. --Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown

There is strength even in very sorry men. --Homer, The Iliad

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter

Speaker 7

Dear Valentine, I love you.  Whoever you are. --Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown

By their own follies they died, the fools. --Homer, The Odyssey

Your qualifications are not your life. --JK Rowling, Harry Potter

Speaker 1

Truth is like a rotten tooth—you gotta spit it out. --M.I.A
You can make something of your life. It just depends on your drive. --Eminem
Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself. --Jay-Z

Speaker 2

You have to constantly redefine who you are. --M.I.A
The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.--Eminem
I'm a hustler, baby; I sell water to a well! --Jay-Z

Speaker 3

Confidence takes constant nurturing, like a bed, it must be remade every day. --M.I.A
Success is my only option, failure’s not. --Eminem
I got mouths to feed til they put flowers on me. --Jay-Z

Speaker 4

Whoever is inside is inside, whoever is out is out. --M.I.A
Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them. --Eminem
I’d rather die enormous than live dormant. --Jay-Z

Speaker 5

My statements aren’t incomplete, they’re just in progress. --M.I.A
Backstabbers are only powerful when you got your back turned. --Eminem
The genius thing we did was, we didn’t give up. --Jay-Z

Speaker 6

Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing. --M.I.A
I realized, ‘Yo, I can’t do anything in moderation. I don’t know how . --Eminem
I’m not afraid of dying I’m afraid of not trying. --Jay-Z

Speaker 7

Everyone has that moment where they just rebel. -- M.I.A
A lot of truth is said in jest. --Eminem
I will not lose.  Even in defeat there are lessons to be learned. --Jay-Z