The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy.

I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.

The programs constantly repeat themselves and one another. No one has yet had the nerve to say, 'As we have nothing sensible to tell you between now and 8:30, please tune in again then.

Well, it has done terrifying things. Religious ideas are inflammatory in a way that I find difficult to understand. There are very few wars over the theory of relativity. Very few heated arguments, for that matter. Whereas, in Northern Ireland, they are killing one another over religion.

The court was not previously aware of the prisoner's many accomplishments. In view of these, we see fit to impose the death penalty.

Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind.

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend.