Well, not exactly applicable but interesting to the discussion.
I think the point is that consideration must be made for the "location" of the access portal. That is, if anyone with an internet connection can try their key in your lock, you probably want a pretty good lock.
But for access to things that have additional security, the lock quality may be reduced in favor of a key that is easy to remember.
1. Keep a good, long, easy-to-remember passphrase for access to your TrueCrypt partition that sits on a private computer inside your house.
2. Store passwords inside this partition in something like KeePass. The KeePass password doesn't need to be industrial. It should be easy to remember, but non-obvious. You type this password a lot.
3. Keep all internet passwords at maximum strength for the site and make them random from your password generator.