So familiar are eggs to us, however, that in the eighteenth century they were referred to as cackling farts, on the basis that chickens cackled all the time and eggs came out of the back of them.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it was the sausage-maker who disposed of the body.

Anyone who has ever taken out a mortgage will be unsurprised to learn that it is, literally, a /death pledge/.

Reality changes words far more than words can ever change reality.

Poetry is much more important than the truth, and, if you don't believe that, try using the two methods to get laid.

We all know that scientific words need an obscure classical origin to make them sound impressvie to those who wouldn't know an idiopathic craniofacial erythema if it hit them in the face.

It is much harder than you might think to show people your bottom.

A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Nothing is better than eternal happiness. So eternal happiness is beaten by a ham sandwich.

The glamour's off. Almost any question you ask can be answered. It's only the questions that you didn't know to ask that remain, dancing the can-can behind your back. The unknown unknowns.

I had to go outside. I had to let the element of chance in.

Is love always like this? Is it always so passionate, yet so damn painful?

So never be embarrassed by mistakes, rather, be thankful for them, because they always present an opportunity for personal growth.

For in our family an experience was not finished, not truly experienced, unless written down or shared with another.

I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.

Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs

One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron.

No one knows what he can do till he tries.

Fact is, perfection is boring.

Without a rigorous, self-critical discourse, one risks lapsing into pious platitudes and unexamined generalizations.

He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well.