We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?
We all grew up aware of Agatha Christie; there is no writer more prolific than her in England.
Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.
I think ageing demographics is a bigger issue in China than people think. And the problems it creates should be become evident as early as 2016.
French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.
No agency is better than its account executives.
Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
The case for democracy is that voters in the aggregate will make better decisions than a lone monarch or dictator would.
Fortunately, no country was ever more suited for anarchist agitation than present-day America.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.
Agreeing to share prosperity, rather than let it divide us, is infinitely preferable to the alternative.
The earliest English attempts at rhyming probably included words whose agreement is so slight that it deserves the name of mere 'assonance' rather than that of actual rhyme.
Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before.
India is more of an aid recipient than a provider of aid.
The AIDS virus is not more powerful than God.
Because it's cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized.
