A cat has to be in a very bad mood if a human cannot coax him to purr.

The art of a news reporter is to learn how to lull a victim, because all good reporters are confidence tricksters in embryo.

How do you summon up courage to dismiss a cat who is paying you a compliment of sitting on your lap?

Those half-learn'd witlings, num'rous in our isle As half-form'd insects on the banks of Nile

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums and those in cemeteries.

The biggest aggravation in the Arab world, the biggest reason for their anger toward us and the creation of those suicide terrorists, is Israel and the difficulty with the Palestinian issue.

A good name for a gang would be The Uneducated Idiot Tough Guys.

Douglas Carswell accused all political parties of "deliberately cultivating the impression" that there would be a referendum.

Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?

The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.

You can do a lot in a lifetime, if you don't burn out too fast/You can make the most of the distance/First you need endurance/First you've got to last.

Language is, without a doubt, the most momentous and at the same time the most mysterious product of the human mind.

Something stinks here, and this time, it's not just him.