"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.
Faulkner was the first novelist I read with pen and paper in hand because his technique stunned me.
I'm a traveler and a vagabond and an observer, and the songs come through that. And that's just the way it's going to be.
I tried to give it to someone in the crowd, but they weren't ready for it, it was a little cold so I didn't want to eat it.
That's a large part of the job as governor to create and maintain the optimal balance.
I don't really know that much about love, it turns out.
Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.
I came into book publishing without any particular impulse to be in book publishing.
Everything else on the market was a candy bar in disguise.
Obama's even keel sometimes comes across as aloof or even cold.
My most important legacy is being a good father to my two children.
I can't remember the last time I've been to a football game as a spectator.
To write a diary every day is like returning to one's own vomit.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
I don't understand this business of parading people around in hoods.
Don't ever write about me. You don't want to do that.
