Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.

There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.

Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.

Haste is from the Devil.

Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.

Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaFlattery:One of the most promising of businesses: always brisk.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza.Poverty: The result of marriage.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaEmotionalist:A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine.

You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.

Sometimes it seemed difficult for the adults in Sophie's life to tell between 'carried away' and 'absolutely correct but unbelieved.

The universe loves irony even more than it loves futility.

I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.

I originate from a family where sauce is viewed as a refreshment.

I was a hired gun, more or less.

To speak evil of any one, unless there is unequivocal proofs of their deserving it, is an injury for which there is no adequate reparation.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

Relationships never break cleanly. Like a valuable vase, they are smashed and then glued back together, smashed and glued, smashed and glued until the pieces just don't fit together anymore.

I often steal sandwiches, eat them, and put the container's back., with a signed autograph of my self in its place. It's my way of giving back to society.

I was like, "If I don't change my mind, if I don't change my heart, if I don't develop some skill, I'm always going to be sleeping in my car."