Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel.
I'd be vegetarian if bacon grew on trees
Today is the first day of the rest of your short, brutish existence as a sentient creature before being snuffed out into utter nothingness for all eternity.
I didn't lie, I was writing fiction with my mouth.
When will people learn? Democracy doesn't work!" (Homer Simpson)
If at first you don't succeed - give it up. It isn't worth the pain.