"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.
In the land of the cripple everyone thinks he walks straight.
I think it is OK to surprise people.
As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
Everything around me inspires and influences me. Mainly love - falling in it, losing it, loving it and hating it.
Some lenses—extended wear ones—allow the oxygen through though.
History is more interesting than most people think.
Anybody who finds it easy to make money on the horses is probably in the dog food business.
I know there will be X amount of women being diagnosed. I love to say, You can get through it. You can.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
I want to see it come up, I don't want to be pushed out and then have it come up like a flower. I want to be part of it.
To become a father is not hard, to be a father is, however.
I think that the white house has overreacted and overshot, and it's now backfiring. Big mistake.
Muslims are not ashamed of their Prophet's teaching about war. On the contrary, for us it is a great source of pride.
Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.
To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.