A pest is a person who can talk like an encyclopedia, and does.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

Many are called but few get up.

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

I heard a bird sing In the dark of December A magical thing And sweet to remember. 'We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,' I heard a bird sing In the dark of December.

Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.

Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

When your time is gone it is gone forever. Take action before your time is gone. Live now.

The world, full of past sound, would be like the sky, full of past light. The world would be like the mind, for which there is no once.

Every human, is capable of animalistic behavior. But for God, human abode will be a wild desert with untamed animals

Sometimes I hate it so much, ” she said. “Always having to pretend.” Paul gripped her fingers tighter. “This is America, ” he said. “We’re all pretending.

The function of art is to bring people into greater touch with reality, and yet our movie houses and family rooms are jammed with people after as much reality-removal as they can get.

Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.

The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.

Sad memories often contain an element of nostalgia.

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?