Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.
Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down.
It was darker than a pitch-black panther, covered in tar, eating black licorice at the very bottom of the deepest part of the Black Sea.
If I were to say, "Yes, I am a fascinating, erudite person," what would that say about me? I don't know.
If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!
Our lives can only be lived forward and understood backwards. Living a life and understanding it occupy different dimensions.
Art is not a democracy, in fact art is the enemy of democracy
You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away.
I'm not trying to justify myself, or say I'm not sorry, or not contrite.