As a gardener, I wonder if flowers really can't speak or just exercise unfailing good judgment in the matter.
Just once it might be instructive to pretend you're accepting an award for failure, just to see who you would thank.
Sign over the gates of hell: "Doesn't mean you're a bad person."
I've learned never to be surprised if what must inevitably happen happens right now.
The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.
Do not be surprised when those who ignore the rules of grammar also ignore the law. After all, the law is just so much grammar.