When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.
I like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we're allowed to see out of the corner of our eye.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.