“The first of the line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants .”

“A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.”

“It was like being trapped forever in the present tense of the first line of a first reader.”

“A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.”

“When the lion had eaten its fill, and the jackals had taken their share, the ants came along and finished up the meat from the bones of the haughty stag.”

“Scientists say that the palm tree line, that is the climate suitable to growth of the palm, is moving north, five hundred metres, I think it was, every year...The palm tree line...I call it the coffee line, the strong black coffee line...It's rising like mercury in a thermometer, this palm tree line, this strong coffee line, this scandal line, rising up throughout Italy and already passed Rome...”