It is clear enough that you are making some distinction in what you said, that there is some nicety of terminology in your words. I can't quite follow you.

What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness.

A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said the more he heard, let's emulate that wise old bird.

The first beginnings of wisdom...is to ask questions but never to answer any.

When things go wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When life looks black as the hour of night, A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.

When money's tight and is hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.

Rome wasn't built in A.D.

Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.

Another day gone and no jokes.

Descartes spent far too much time in bed subject to the persistent hallucination that he was thinking. You are not free from a similar disorder.

Like the sun and the moon loved each other, Like the sky loved the stars, The sun and the moon couldn't shine together and the sky couldn't have stars forever.

Yes, I could stop writing... But only after I shoot myself.

Tall men are the most romantically successful group on earth, bar none: more successful than rich people, accomplished people and educated people.

Some of the best characters are the most flawed characters.

The devil's name is Dullness.

We have fewer friends than we imagine, but more than we know.

It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.

There is no such thing as failure, there's just giving up too soon.

I don't drink these days. I am allergic to alcohol and narcotics. I break out in handcuffs.

Bones heal, but the loss of my friend will never heal.