“Any jackass can kick down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build on.”
“Any hand can condem, but it takes a helping hand to build.”
“You'd better be careful, they are going to revoke your vampire license if you get any more romantic and mushy.""Don't worry," Burnett said, his eyes pinched as if serious. "I can still be a jackass, and kick ass, when it's called for.”
“Any fool can write a book and most of them are doing it; but it takes brains to build a house.”
“Now that the barn has burned down, I can see the moon. - Persian proverb”
“Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn’t any. But this wrongs the jackass.”