Dont get scared of death. Get rich! Then die.
Failure is not an option. It just happens all the time. Like, all the time.
The only good excuse for not succeeding is DEATH! Unless you're trying to be a ghost. Then it's LIFE!
I'd choose truth over cake but I'd try to find a way to get both to be honest.
It's better to have a broken CD player that worked once than to never have evolved into a self-aware carbon based lifeform.
Based on this one experience I had, jumping to conclusions is always really stupid.