"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.
Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest.
It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.
Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.
Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
Business has to be done with both head and heart.
I find if my body feels well and I exercise regularly, I think better, work better and feel better.
Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.
17 is the weirdest age, because you can't figure out if you want to grow up or be a child.
We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.
Life is too short for long-term grudges.
I didn't go to fancy schools or come from money or from a family that valued law or public speaking in any shape or form.
You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil buy it, by compromise with evil.
I just don't want any songs to go unheard.
I'm the original.
