#vin

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#better #blots #book #buttered #dirt

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#activists #against #chance #credible #funny

I don't mind having a big butt - they're back in style. But I do a lot of squats to make sure my booty's not dragging on the ground. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#big #booty #dragging #ground #having

Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, 'Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living.' We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoists have. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#away #choose #elevated #every #every time

I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security. ↗

— Mary Landrieu

#effort #expand #flawed #i #must

Chocolate is not cheating! After a salty meal, you need a little bit of sweet. This is living, not cheating. ↗

— Ali Landry

#bit #cheating #chocolate #little #little bit

Owing to the difficulty of dealing with substances of high molecular weight we are still a long way from having determined the chemical characteristics and the constitution of proteins, which are regarded as the principal con-stituents of living organisms. ↗

— Karl Landsteiner

#chemical #constitution #dealing #determined #difficulty

I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is evolving. This is an exciting time to be living. ↗

— Andrew Lang

#culture #evolving #exciting #exciting time #homosexuality

Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings. ↗

— Walter Lang

#depths #does #environment #explore #food

There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#human #law #respects #saloon