WIST

Write drunk, edit sober.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) American writer
(Attributed)

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Dolly Parton (b. 1946) American singer
(Attributed)

The presidency is always too strong when we dislike the incumbent. Its limitations are bemoaned, however, when we believe the incumbent is striving valiantly to serve the public interest as we define it.

Thomas E. Cronin (b. 1940) American political scientist
The State of the Presidency, 2nd ed., ch. 1 (1980)

After the satisfaction of doing what is right, the greatest is that of having what we do approved by those whose opinions deserve esteem.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) US President (1801-09)
Letter to William Phillips (1779)

To regret your sins of commission as much as your sins of omission is to prove yourself a most unworthy sinner.

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Rumanian-English writer
Haven (1951)