standing_on_one_foot said:
And then there's the classic Terry Pratchett: "Build a man a fire and you warm him for a day, but set a man on fire and he'll be warm for life."
Curses, I'm not familiar with which book that comes from- but it certainly sounds like his! (Anyone else get the feeling a thread is in trouble when two posters both have signature attributed to the same author?)
Most of my other favorites come from good ol' Jack Handy and his "Deep Thoughts".
"We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me."
"Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see."
And my favorite, edited for my particular beloved bird...
"The ravens seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw."
