#dent

What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#philosophy #student #study #age

Life is very good. I'm the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless trade association, the CTIA. ↗

— Steve Largent

#chief #chief executive #executive #good #i

I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to me that the interests of my country are identical with those of the United States of America. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#america #between #british #canada #choose

I ask the vice president to stop dodging the issue with legalese, and acknowledge his continued ties with Halliburton to the American people. ↗

— Frank Lautenberg

#american #american people #ask #continued #dodging

Drawing on President Bush's reform plan, which would allow citizens to transfer part of their Social Security contributions into personal accounts, an alteration of the current system is needed to make necessary change. ↗

— James A. Leach

#allow #alteration #bush #change #citizens

The first bill that President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I think it says something about his priorities that the first bill he put his name on has my name on it too. As he said that day with me by his side, 'Making our economy work means making sure it works for everyone.' ↗

— Lilly Ledbetter

#act #bill #day #economy #everyone

I like to schedule dentist appointments for March 32, otherwise known as April Fool’s Day. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#dentist #funny #humor #funny

The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem. ↗

— Erich Leinsdorf

#immigration #immigration problem #matters #me #president

The question is not why should we change but rather what sort of death wish are we promoting by refusing to change? ↗

— William Badke

#information #information-literacy #students #teaching #change

I got into underground comics fairly early on and kind of wandered away from the superhero stuff, but I was an art student and I was drawing a lot as a kid. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#art student #away #comics #drawing #early