Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

Our garden was debated territory between five local cats, and we'd heard that the best way to keep other cats out of the garden was to have one yourself. A moment's rational thought here will spot the slight flaw in this reasoning.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

A horse's skull always looks scary, even if someone has put lipstick on it.

My agent pointed out one day that I had been quoted by a columnist in some American newspaper, and he noted with some glee that they simply identified me by name without reminding people who I was, apparently in the clear expectation that their readers would know who I am.

The worst thing you can do is nothing.

A weapon you held and didn't know how to use belonged to your enemy.