Oli’s most recent Quotables

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

In about the same degree that you are helpful, you will be happy

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

Well, we can't stand around here doing nothing, people will think we're workmen.

Whatever type of Wall's sausage is contrived by this great experiment, the dominant ingredient has got to be Conservativism, the meat in the sausage has got to be Conservative, I would say. There will be plenty of bread, and other bits and pieces.

Don't be alarmed, it's only my wife laughing.

Marge: "Homer, is this the way you pictured married life?"

Homer: "Yup, pretty much. Except we drove around in a van solving mysteries."

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.