"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.
Sunday I try to make up for some sleep I lost the week before and bank some for the next week.
The worst is that it's all for an event that lasts two weeks.
There are two kinds of egotists Those who admit it, and the rest of us.
Your body requires hydration to digest your food, to regulate your hormones, and to be able to think clearly.
You know the Middle East is going crazy when Lebanon is the most peaceful place in the region.
An indigo snake leaves a lasting impression.
My top priority as Attorney General is to continue the fight against violent crime, and step it up wherever needed.
Virtually all of them would have owned guns anyway.
I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.
I read poetry every day. I look at it as an exercise, a kind of T'ai Chi for writers. It teaches economy of form.
I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.
For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1.
My mother said I was a little odd as a kid. I was alone a lot, but I didn't feel alone.
When the star dies, its eye closes; tired of watching, it flies back to its first bright dream.
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
