Story goes that a young reporter was sent out to interview an old cowboy, try to report what he'd learned from a long life.

His response is supposed to have been:

"Well, there's about 1 percent of the folks who study up and read and think things through and then decide whether or not to do 'em. And there's maybe another two percent who study up on 'em before they go on an' do 'em anyway. An' the rest of us jist keep pissin' in our boots."