We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there;
lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot
stove-lid again---and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

    -- Mark Twain

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood
up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you
don't believe?"

    -- Quentin Crisp

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there;
lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot
stove-lid again---and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

    -- Mark Twain

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood
up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you
don't believe?"

    -- Quentin Crisp

"What are you clearing your throat for?"
"Practice."
                        -- tanya, Alasdair