Pantaloons were often worn tight as paint and were not a great deal less revealing, particularly as they were worn without underwear. . . . Jackets were tailored with tails in the back, but were cut away in front so that they perfectly framed the gro...
One consequential change is that people used to get most of their calories at breakfast and midday, with only the evening top-up at suppertime. Now those intakes are almost exactly reversed. Most of us consume the bulk--a sadly appropriate word here-...
Portability also explains why many old chests and trunks had domed lids- to throw off water during travel. The great drawback of trunks, of course, is that everything has to be lifted at to get things at the bottom. It took a remarkably long time- ti...
Captain Hamill: You got to take Caen so you can take Saint Lo. Captain Miller: You've got to take Saint Lo to take Valognes. Captain Hamill: Valognes you got Cherbourg. Captain Miller: Cherbourg you got Paris. Captain Hamill: Paris you got Berlin. Ca...
Captain Miller: [Approaching the beach] Port side stick, starboard side stick, move fast and clear those murder holes. Sergeant Horvath: I wanna see plenty of beach between men. Five men is a juicy opportunity, one man's a waste of ammo. Captain Mill...
Captain Miller: This is all? That's all that've made it? Sergeant Horvath: We're scattered pretty bad, sir. There's bound to be more of us. Captain Miller: Not enough, this is not enough. Sergeant Horvath: Dog One-It's got to be the cut on the right,...
Morals are private. Decency is public.
Everyone has a private self and a public self.
My parents are private investigators for God's sake.
Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.
I don't have the luxury of doing things privately.
I would love to do more private concerts.
Marriage is holy and it's private.
I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
Private companies should be building businesses.
Spiritual matters should be private.
I'm intensely private. I don't like giving interviews.
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
I used to work as a private detective years and years ago.
I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.
