A bad penny always turns up.
A barking dog never bites.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
A change is as good as a rest.
A dog is a man's best friend.
A fish always rots from the head down.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A golden key can open any door.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A good man is hard to find.
A person is known by the company he keeps.
A house is not a home.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A leopard cannot change its spots.
The dangerous book for boys.
A politician and a government should be judged by one way only on the record of what you do or did, not on what you say.
Right from the beginning I wanted to test myself against the best, against real champions.
I wrote my first play when I was eight. It was about a queen, and I - of course! - Was the queen.
It was a slow understanding that the lack of education in a country like Somalia creates these huge social problems.
When I was in my 20s, I felt guilty if I didn't exercise - now I feel guilty if I do. It's time I could be spending with my family.
A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.
The hunchback does not see his own hump, but sees his companion's.
Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.
If money weren't cool, pseudo-socialists like Bill Maher and Chelsea Handler would tell jokes for free in soup kitchens.
At first I didn't know if I wanted to do TV again. I can get bored quickly.
The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
I remember I had a boyfriend a long time ago who said, 'You need to change your name; you sound like a circus performer.'
Down South, even our vegetables have some pig hidden somewhere in it. A vegetable isn't a vegetable without a little ham hock.
The dead are not seen in the company of the living.
