I've said a lot of stuff in the past, but not with any intentions to hurt anybody. It's all a bit tongue-in-cheek.

I am told that our chroniclers' practice of inventing speeches for great persons whose lives they write is unscholarly.

Did you know you just put the peel in the pan and the potatoes down the waste disposal?' he enquired with interest.
'It's a new recipe.'
His lips twitched but his expression remained solemn. 'The results should be...interesting.

Watch your mouth: The language we use creates the reality we experience.

All the things that are in the past are in the past.

There's no sustenance in the past.