#least

The sad truth is that without complex business partnerships between African elites and European traders and commercial agents, the slave trade to the New World would have been impossible, at least on the scale it occurred. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#agents #been #between #business #commercial

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite. ↗

— Paul Gauguin

#appetite #cultivated #demand #every #fresh

At least I can say that I'm honest. ↗

— Adam Lambert

#i #i can #least #say

I think in some ways it's good to have at least one thing for which you could be really immortal, you know? ↗

— Christopher Lambert

#good #i #i think #immortal #know

A pacifist will often - at least nowadays - be an internationalist and vice versa. But history shows us that a pacifist need not think internationally. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#internationalist #internationally #least #need #nowadays

For in 1900 all electromagnetic radiation of longer wavelengths was already known at least to the extent that one could not seek in it the more striking characteristics of X-rays such as, for example, the strong penetrating power. ↗

— Max von Laue

#characteristics #could #electromagnetic #example #extent

Concrete poets continue to turn out beautiful things, but to me they're more visual than oral, and they almost really belong on the wall rather than in a book. I haven't the least idea of where poetry is going. ↗

— James Laughlin

#beautiful #beautiful things #belong #book #concrete

One of the principal goals in my life has been to avoid embarrassing my children by doing the job I do. I hope I've managed to do that, and I hope that, with the job I'm in now, they are, if not proud, at least unembarrassed by it. I must say, my three are most agreeable children, who do nothing but delight me. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#avoid #been #children #delight #doing

You know, I think British comedy is very smart comedy. You don't get too much dumb comedy over here. Or at least I haven't seen it. If I'm wrong about that, I apologize to all the dumb comedy makers over here. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#apologize #british #comedy #dumb #get

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again. ↗

— William P. Leahy

#again #also #comes #focused #happen