"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.
My dream is to see India as a nation of well-looked-after and respected sportspeople in all fields.
The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.
Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
There's always a better way to do something.
I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.
Camels don't just spit for fun. If they feel threatened, they will use it as a defense mechanism. Be nice to camels and they'll be nice to you!
I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?
Using e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world.
I did not know that the wounds of war are often invisible.
All of the Spaniards are really talented. I don't know what they eat.
I have never decided on how to plan my career moves.
I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.
I have three kinds of friends those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.
I was born an american; I live an american; I shall die an american.
