FIDDLE, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

To be a philosophical Sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian.

A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me. And as long as I stick to that, I don't think I'll have any problems crossing over to becoming an adult actress.

The Egyptian experience suggests that social media can greatly accelerate the death of already dying authoritarian regimes.

We're thanking God. Without him, we wouldn't have made it.

The ground of all religion, that which makes it possible, is the relation in which the human soul stands to God.

My later years are my treasure years.

It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips.

It is very dangerous to go into eternity with possibilities which one has oneself prevented from becoming realities. A possibility is a hint from God. One must follow it.

Stick around long enough, you'll get some grace.