General Riddles

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or I can be square. What am I?
Fingernails.

I am a six letter word. I always follow you in light, but I disappear at night as I am afraid of darkness. Who am I?

I run around a house but I don't move. Who am I?

What room can no one enter?
A mushroom.

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

A slice of cake costs $3 if it is cut into two pieces. How much will it cost if it is cut into seven pieces?
$3. As the entire slice costs $3, it doesn't matter how many pieces it is cut into.

I am fair and shiny. People use me to find how hot they are. Some call me God. Who am I?

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

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