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.
There have been moments in the past where I haven't made it easy for myself.
I knew where people were sleeping in the hallways, you know, instead of doing their job. I knew what systems weren't working.
The biggest thing I possess is infinite patience. Once you are patient, things fall in place.
There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.
For years, critics of Fannie Mae have warned that it does not give them enough information to judge its risks.
I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything.
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
We're not all called to be Dorothy Day.
Was it carried in on clothing or boots? There's just a lot of unanswered questions.
When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence.
The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!
I'm extremely happy to be able to work to build communications throughout the world.
I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.
I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I am an actor.
I like stuff like 'Top Gun.' I like horror films. I love them.
