Those who can't, and can't teach, translate.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson)

The topics which language limits us to aren’t much worth discussing in the first place.(attrib: F.L. Vanderson)

Some people run away to be alone, others to see who will follow

Clever is when one is crafty enough to mistake your imagination for intelligence. Smart is when one assumes they are too educated to notice the difference.

Marry someone who flatters you. Because I've written 80 books since 'War Horse' but when my wife reads one, all she says is, 'It's quite good, but it's not as good as 'War Horse, ' is it?'

In a tuxedo, I'm a star. In regular clothes, I'm a nobody.

The sisters worked from dawn to dusk. One of them was an idiot; she started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good.

I wish you'd keep my hands to yourself.

Canada does not just 'go along' in order to 'get along.' We will 'go along,' only if we 'go' in a direction that advances Canada’s values: freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

The East and the West in the spring of the world shall blend / As a man and a woman that plight / Their troth in the warm spring night.

Does the tounge hanging out help his balance?

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.