#toba

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. ↗

— James Thurber

#depend #economics #farce #funnier #his

I wish we could do something useful with tobacco - like making fertilizer out of it. ↗

— Paul Dudley White

#fertilizer #i #i wish #like #making

She ripped the wild bun down from the crown of her head, and then brushed her long hair with her fingers. I couldn’t stop staring while she rewrapped it and tied it back again. I imagined that this was what she looked like in the morning, and then had to think about the first ten minutes of Saving Private Ryan to keep my dick from getting hard. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#pidgeon #pizza #travis-maddox #beauty

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it. ↗

— John Grisham

#around #compelling #death #death penalty #first

But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did , I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#almost #any #cold #days #did

I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#did #i #kick #like #smoked

If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life. ↗

— Jack Herer

#alcohol #eight #life #substitute #tobacco

But you can count the dead bodies from alcohol, tobacco, and legal pharmaceuticals by the millions. ↗

— Jack Herer

#bodies #count #dead #legal #millions

It was fantastic when I came into snooker, when tobacco was throwing lots of money at it, and even when they fell away we thought others would come in because of all the TV exposure. But it didn't happen. ↗

— John Higgins

#because #came #come #even #exposure

It is time for Congress to provide relief for tobacco farmers. Since the 1930's tobacco production has been regulated by a quota system, which required farmers to purchase quota in order to grow tobacco. ↗

— Allen Boyd

#congress #farmers #grow #order #production