Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness, 1952 quotes
"I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions."
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
A book ... unlike a television program, moving picture or any other 'modern means of communication' ... can wait for years, yet
"I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions."