I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

There speaks the passion and the rebellion that go with red hair. My second wife had red hair. She was a beautiful woman, and she loved me. Strange, is it not? I have always admired red-haired women. Your hair is very beautiful. There are other things I like about you. Your spirit, your courage; the fact that you have a mind of your own. ~Mr. Aristides

Intuition is like reading a word without having to spell it out. A child can't do that because it has had so little experience. A grown-up person knows the word because they've seen it often before.

Everybody is very much alike, really. But fortunately, perhaps, they don't realise it. - Miss Marple

One does what one can, not what one cannot.

Self-preservation's a man's first duty. And natives don't mind dying, you know. They don't feel about it as Europeans do.

One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none.