The best way to save face is keep the bottom half shut.

First rule of thievery,' Eli said, grinning, 'only run if you're not coming back.' (...) 'First rule of thievery, never use the same entrance twice.' Miranda rolled her eyes. 'How many 'first rules' of thievery do you have?' 'When one mistake can mean your head on a pike, every rule's a first rule,' Eli said cheerfully.

Fail soon so that you can succeed sooner.

I was at a dinner party many years ago,sitting along from Tom Stoppard, who in those days smoked not just between courses,but between mouthfuls. An American woman watched in disbelief.'And you so intelligent!'Excuse me?' said tom'Knowing those things are going to kill you' she said 'and still you do it.'How differently I might behave' Tom said, 'if immortality were an option.

I am so obsessed with the cars that sometimes I feel like my heart is not a muscle, it's an engine.

In the game of life nothing is less important than the score at half time.

Retirement must be wonderful. I mean you can suck in your stomach for only so long.

Retirement must be wonderful. I mean you can suck in your stomach for only so long.

The rich can be 'eccentric ' the poor have to be considered 'nuts.'.

Oh yes! I have couple-goals too. I love to couple myself with- Books, Coffee and Mountains.