#los

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#attainment #being #coercion #encouragement #forfeiture

One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one. ↗

— Ann Landers

#country #four #friends #mentally #ok

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#bend #direction #like #lose #men

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#gain #great #great men #greatness #lose

Do you know how many houses all of the nonprofits have built? No more than 5,000 in five years. Do you know how many we lost? Two hundred thousand. ↗

— Mary Landrieu

#do you know #five #houses #how #hundred

When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn. ↗

— Tom Landry

#learn #lose #teach #want #win

I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#bravado #closer #fear #get #i

If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#knew #lose #lunch #made #meat

Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions. ↗

— John Langdon

#design #illusions #interwoven #into #language

I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#got #i #left #lose #nothing