Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.

After a certain age, you couldn't even say where you were from. You went someplace, and lived there. And then you went someplace else.

One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one’s regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different.

Neither were you [born yesterday], unless of course I am wrong, in which case welcome to the world, little baby, and congratulations on learning to read so early in life.

Why not rise from the grave and terrorize a little instead of staying buried and dead in the cemetery?

As I am sure you know, when people say 'It's my pleasure,' they usually mean something along the lines of, 'There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less.' [...]

There are two types of panicking: standing still and not saying a word, and leaping all over the place babbling anything that comes into your head.