John

“You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.”
― Stan Laurel

“Once I spoke the language of the flowers,
Once I understood each word the caterpillar said,
Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,
And shared a conversation with the housefly
in my bed.
Once I heard and answered all the questions
of the crickets,
And joined the crying of each falling dying
flake of snow,
Once I spoke the language of the flowers. . . .
How did it go?
How did it go?”
― Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

“Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.”
― Oliver Hardy

“It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings