I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of read more

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

"I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes read more

"I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic."

The early bird gets the worm.

The early bird gets the worm.

It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught read more

It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught at last like a rat with all the world on its back. And the only thing left to do is shout -- not moan, or complain, but yell out at the top of your voice whatever it was you had to say. What you've never said before. What perhaps you don't even know till now.

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.

My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old. [said when George Burns was only read more

My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old. [said when George Burns was only 64. He lived to be 100]

Why he went off the road we don't know,

Why he went off the road we don't know,

Now I've stopped wearing huge trousers I can't wear boxer shorts. I wear thongs. When I first wore them I read more

Now I've stopped wearing huge trousers I can't wear boxer shorts. I wear thongs. When I first wore them I felt rude, I kept seeing my bare bum - then I liked it.

But because the victims die gradually from diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, HIV, and from drug and alcohol read more

But because the victims die gradually from diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, HIV, and from drug and alcohol abuse, the public are generally unaware of the scale of the fatalities,