I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporaly out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
I nearly fell again, but new hands grabbed me from in front and dragged me down a steel floor and then forced me to my knees and locked my hands to something behind me.