"Age before beauty," said the devil as he threw his grandmother off' the stairs.
"Ahu" are stone platforms on which many moai sit. There are 313 known ahu and 125 of these carry moai. The biggest, Ahu Tongariki is 220 m (720 ft), and had the most (15) and tallest moai.
"All freight lightens," said the skipper, when he threw his wife overboard.
"All science is either physics or stamp collecting."
"Almost a hit," said the boy as he threw the stone at his dog and hit his stepmother's leg.
"Almost" and "About" prevent lying.
"Almost" never killed a fly.
"An egg is an egg," said the beadle, but he took the goose-egg.
"Android" is gender specific.
"Ascension Thursday" is 40 days after Easter and is when Christ was said to have ascended to heaven.
"Away with you, be a peddlar, a knave," says the hangman to his man.
"Bad company," said the thief, as he went to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.
"But" is a fence over which few leap.
"Come and I'll tell you something," tickles the ear.
"Come see me" and "Come live with me" are two different things.
We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health.
Happiness is the target one only has to aim at in order to miss.
I write pretty quickly. Write pretty fast. I was an old press service man. That was part of the necessity of that occupation.
I am the kind of person that takes everything as is and then look at it from the outside looking in.
A helping hand is better than a critical tongue.
Some of the best opportunities in the world are the most obvious ones.
The child weeps for its good and the old man for his ill.
Time and the hour are not to be tied with a rope.
I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.
I thought I was going to die when I was 39.
It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
I'm going to imprint myself on everything in this world.
There is something about being people from your home country in a different country. It bonds you together.
That is the biggest form of bullying ever, the paparazzi. Printing lies, making accusations, it's just bullying.
Do you have to have a reason for loving?
