Tawny ports have already spent 20 or 30 years in wood - it's not likely they're going to improve. On the other hand, they're not going to get any worse.
Women get possessive and cranky if they try to cruise with the Tooz.
Winners of wars get a standing start in the post-war stakes of remembrance.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
When I wrote my first blog, I got one response. Now, I sometimes get as many as 400 responses for my posts.
Still I was concerned that politics would get between us and our POWs.
What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.
You can predict all you want, but everybody knows what predictions get you.
Sometimes you pay a premium to get what you want.
A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music.
I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.
All the really pretty girls get pregnant.
What I try to do - and I think this is the former librarian in me - is to get primary source material.
I get to deal with presidents and prime ministers and - and employees from tellers on up. And I love it.
I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed.
I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it.
Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill.
That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.
I really don't chase songs. I get in the studio, I know what I gotta do; I'm pretty much programmed to do it.