He attacked everything in life with a mix of extrordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
I gathered we were headed over Nob Hill, and from the angle, it seemed we were taking one of the steeper routes.
When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.