"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.
The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.
I have always loved animals since I was very young.
Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
If you like my renditions of faerie-folk, then you will most certainly like Brian Froud's work.
There's something missing in the music industry today... And it's music. Songs you hear don't last, it's just product fed to you by the industry.
For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.
For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.'
I think there's always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It's the animal we are that cause the problems.
Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.
I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.
Delegates from our political alliance will challenge the results, we will not allow a distortion of the popular will.
My heroes are always ready, willing, and able to execute moves necessary to get themselves out of deep trouble.
I love silence.
You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.
