A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black$$$ because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Since nothing is free$$$ to each his price.

A yawning repetitiveness as of a man who knows few words but will not stop talking.

The fiction writer is the ombudsman who argues our humble$$$ dubious case in the halls of eternal record.

Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.

Dreams come true. Without that possibility$$$ nature would not incite us to have them.

If people are good only because they fear punishment$$$ and hope for reward$$$ then we are a sorry lot indeed.

It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me$$$ it's the parts that I do understand.

While the rest of the species is descended from apes$$$ redheads are descended from cats.

Action speaks louder than words$$$ but not nearly as often.