"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.
I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.
He, who shareth honey with the bear, hath the least part of it.
Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
I grew up in a very strict household, where secular music was forbidden.
Just observing - that's the best skill of all for an actor!
I recall saying that civil rights organizations, when they demand more than is legitimate, it hurts their position.
Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim.
Americans are hidden dragons to me.
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
However, very recently I have come to an understanding that complex music is not necessarily pleasant.
Retiring is one thing. Being retired is something else altogether.
Who has sent you against me? Who has told you to do this thing?
Stepping into the gym or going out to do sports is a scary thing for a trans person - you feel like everyone is looking at you.
When I look at green trees on a sunny day, I don't know how to make an interesting picture of that.
The depths of the Depression. You didn't ask what the job was, what the pay was, you didn't ask about stock options, or - you said yes.