“Dung is more valuable than any precious metal. You cannot grow food in gold.”

A demonstration is more than worth a thousand words.

We are nothing more than the sum of our memories and experiences.

You are not living, you are surviving.

The people that you work with are, when you get down to it, your very best friends.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

The Elders had nothing but contempt for human emotion; they considered it their biggest weakness. Perenelle knew it was humankind’s greatest strength.

Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject so you know you are getting the best possible information.

The fifth force was the magic of time, the greatest of all the magics.

The actions of a single person can change the course of the world and create history.

Magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses.

There are some adventures not worth having.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

When you’ve lived as long as I have, nothing much surprises you.

People are dying who haven’t had that opportunity to say yes to the Lord.

The best lie is wrapped around a core of truth.

The best lie is wrapped around a core of truth.

Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn’t even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.

When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.

Elizabeth Taylor’s so fat she puts mayonnaise on aspirin.

It is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have a disclaimer: THIS WILL VARY WITH YOUR MICROWAVE. Loosely translated, this means, You’re on your own, Bernice.

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

I’m no cook. When I want lemon on chicken, I spray it with Pledge.