When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.
I depleted myself to the point where I had nothing left.
Only the survivors of a death are truly left alone.
Elrond: There's no strength left in the world of Men.
Historical science is being left in the dust.
Sometimes you feel sad to be left out of a big debate.
I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have.
I've always been very suspicious of the left-right dimension in politics.
Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left.
My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.
I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.
During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.
If only we could have talked to you, the hive-queen said in Ender's words. But since it could not be, we ask only this: that you remember us, not as enemies, but as a tragic sisters, changed into foul shape by fate or God or evolution. If we had kiss...
Such arguments remind me of a scene from Woody Allen's movie Manhattan, where a group of people is talking about sex at a cocktail party and one woman says that her doctor told her she had been having the wrong kind of orgasm. Woody Allen's character...
Roses are picked every day, they are told that they will be better off sold in the flower shoppe. And so they go from the hands of the picker; to the hands of the delivery man; to the hands of the florist; to the hands of the customer; and then often...
Billy Beane: I want Dye in right, Justice DHing, Peña on the bench, Hatteberg at first, and anyone but Mags first out of the pen. Art Howe: You want Peña on the bench? Billy Beane: That's right. So you can play Hatty. Art Howe: Peña is not only th...
Coach Boone: This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we are still fighting among ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubblin' with the b...
Capone: A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms... What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For indiv...
La Santona: [Addressing a young man seated before her, apparently seeking advice on his love life] You must plant your seeds in another field. Do you understand what I mean? Young man seeking advice: No, I don't understand. La Santona: It's simple, m...
A blanket could be used as a tablecloth, and a brick left as a tip.
Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.
