I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such.

People whose concept of ancient history is the first series of Star Trek may be treated with patience, because it's usually not their fault they were reduced to getting their education from school.

Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack.

If words had weight, a single sentence from Death would have anchored a ship.

escapism isn't good or bad in itself. what is important is what you are escaping from and where you are escaping to.

Classically, very few people have considered that cleanliness is next to godliness. A rank loincloth and hair in an advanced state of matted entanglement have generally been the badges of office of prophets whose injunction to disdain earthly things starts with soap.

I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted.