#blanks

It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks. ↗

— James Payn

#actions #adopt #asterisks #better #blanks

Today I bought two lottery tickets, because I had a feeling that it would be now or never - they were both blanks. So I am not going to be rich after all. Nothing at all to be done about it. ↗

— Eva Braun

#after #am #because #blanks #both

May this plain statement of facts prevail on the friends of the rising generation to interpose for their welfare; that the education of children may no longer be to parent and master a lottery, in which the prizes bear no proportion to the enormous number of blanks. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#blanks #children #education #enormous #facts

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#blanks #ever #happens #i #know

Sometimes I draw blanks. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#draw #i #sometimes

I don't believe in using too much graphic violence, although I've done it. It's better to be suggestive and to allow the viewer to fill in the blanks in their minds. ↗

— Tobe Hooper

#although #believe #better #blanks #done

But I just think we've got such a continuity with what we're doing that most people come in and fill in the blanks. And sometimes we leave a lot of blanks to be filled. ↗

— Charlie Hunter

#come #continuity #doing #fill #filled

The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that's just obvious stuff. Why would you do that in the middle of a war? It's just crazy. ↗

— Jessica Lynch

#crazy #idea #just #middle #obvious

I love to go down to the schoolyard and watch all the little children jump up and down and run around yelling and screaming. They don't know I'm only using blanks. ↗

— Emo Philips

#blanks #children #down #go #i

I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks. ↗

— Emo Philips

#children #down #firing #go #i