Quotes about la
laughing parent stories
These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them until we were fully grown and they became our sole inheritance. Edwidge Danticat
laughter house woe
The house of laughter makes a house of woe. Edward Young
land guilt levity
A land of levity is a land of guilt. Edward Young
law doctors justice
It is hard to say whether doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery. Edmund Burke
law judging golden
It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the crooked cord of discretion. Edmund Burke
law giving community
In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature. Edmund Burke
law justice mystery
A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where mystery begins justice ends? Edmund Burke
law government anarchy
Whenever government abandons law, it proclaims anarchy. Edmund Burke
language speak virtue
To speak of atrocious crimes in mild language is treason to virtue. Edmund Burke
law justice judging
All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. Edmund Burke
law justice humanity
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. Edmund Burke
law-of-attraction unhappy power-of-now
You cannot be both unhappy, and fully present in the Now. Eckhart Tolle
layers fabric voluptuous
Voluptuous and enveloping like layers of precious fabrics Elie Saab
law natural-justice may
Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts. Elihu Root
law jail understanding
I guess you will have to go to jail. If that is the result of not understanding the Income Tax Law, I will meet you there. We shall have a merry, merry time, for all our friends will be there. It will be an intellectual center, for no one understands the Income Tax Law except persons who have not sufficient intelligence to understand the questions that arise under it. Elihu Root
lambs streams
The wolf always charges the lamb with muddying the stream. Elihu Root
land people literature
Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature? Elif Safak
laughter fun philosophy
The purpose of a moral philosophy is not to look delightfully strange and counterintuitive or to provide employment to bioethicists. The purpose is to guide our choices toward life, health, beauty, happiness, fun, laughter, challenge, and learning. Eliezer Yudkowsky
law people criticism
Litmus test: If you can't describe Ricardo 's Law of Comparative Advantage and explain why people find it counterintuitive, you don't know enough about economics to direct any criticism or praise at " capitalism " because you don't know what other people are referring to when they use that word . Eliezer Yudkowsky
law mad world
Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point. Eliezer Yudkowsky
laughter mistake men
Do you know what laughter is? I'll tell you. It's God's mistake. When God made man in order to bend him to his wishes he carelessly gave him the gift of laughter. Elie Wiesel
latin language accepted
English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science. Edward Sapir
law remember conviction
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. Edward R. Murrow
land arabia sacred
Osama bin Laden, who is a Saudi, feels himself to be a patriot because the U.S. has forces in Saudi Arabia, which is sacred because it is the land of the prophet Mohammed. Edward Said
lazy alternatives moments
The elegance of staying with a moment, without needing to stop and change all the lighting, made [the alternative] seem lazy and indulgent. Edward Norton
law secret use
The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law. Edward Snowden
law shot stricken
We have a real shot at getting this law stricken from the books.
law people balance
It is a favorite thing with infidels to set their own standard, to measure themsleves by other people. But that will not do in the Day of Judgment. Now we will use God's law as a balance weight. Dwight L. Moody
laughter gnats soul
If we may credit certain hints contained in the lives of the saints, love raises the spirit above the sphere of reverence and worship into one of laughter and dalliance: a sphere in which the soul says: 'Shall I, a gnat which dances in Thy ray, Dare to be reverent?' Coventry Patmore
land foreign-lands
A woman is a foreign land. Coventry Patmore
lawyer disciple
I am God and my lawyers are my 12 disciples...do not f**k with me! Courtney Love
laughing understanding comedian
With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs. Colin Quinn
last shipped
We shipped more units than we have ever shipped this last quarter.