Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Quotaria

Cockroaches and socialites are
the only things that can stay
up all night and eat anything.
- Herb Caen

We confess our little faults to persuade
people that we have no large ones.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

One reason I don't drink is that I want
to know when I am having a good time.
- Nancy Astor

Riley: These spells...these really work? I mean, can you really turn your enemies inside out? Or...learn to excrete gold coins?
Anya: That one's not so much fun.
Willow: They work, Riley, but they take concentration. Being attuned with the forces of the universe.
Xander: Right. You can't just go "librum incendere" and expect...[the page of Xander's book bursts into flame. Shocked, he slams the book closed, extinguishing the fire.]
Giles: Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer


"Then there was the man who drowned crossing
a stream with an average depth of six inches."
W.I.E. Gates

One of the indictments of civilizations is that
happiness and intelligence are so rarely found
in the same person.
- William Feather

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