A non-standard dialect is as valid communication system as the standard

All euphemisms are dishonest, but many are designed to make life easier

All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress

Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive

Sometimes expecting too much lands you nowhere in life..

She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read.

Here, you go to the supermarket and you have wipes to clean your hands before shopping. No, we don't have that in France, but we recycle.

Curiosity began my journey, which led to regret, which brings me always to wonder and dedication.

I can't walk five steps without someone on a walkie talkie going, 'She's wandering over there.' I'm pretty stuck, but hey, it's been great.

The ultimate intelligence of all things is your essence. Your mind is the universe. Your body is all things.

A magician is only an actor - an actor pretending to be a magician.

I think it's what fiction is for: to illuminate that gap between our secret selves and our more visible and apparent ones.

The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking.

I've got a lot of stamina and I enjoy people, so having lots of people around doesn't freak me out.