Robust philosophy

And I don't mean philosophy in a kind of academic way. I mean it like you'd hear in a NY bar, from a drunken guy (or girl) trying to hit on you: what's your philosophy?

Impossible to answer right away, right?

Wrong... that's the thing about "philosophies": if you can't spell them out right away, and if you have to make up excuses, then it's not robust enough.