#tooth

Even though sugar was very expensive, people consumed it till their teeth turned black, and if their teeth didn't turn black naturally, they blackened them artificially to show how wealthy and marvelously self-indulgent they were. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#fads #history #sugar #sweet-tooth #why-tanning-is-stupid

What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no free lunch, as a former colleague of mine used to say. There is no public tooth fairy. Father Christmas does not work on the Treasury staff this year. You can never bail someone out of trouble without putting someone else into trouble. ↗

— Arthur Laffer

#bail #christmas #colleague #does #else

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera. ↗

— Sarah Caldwell

#green #opera #sell #toothpaste #you

In my hand luggage I always have my camera, iPod, make-up bag, tooth brush, cleansing products, clean underwear, socks and a change of clothes in case anything goes missing at the other end - and of course my passport. ↗

— Lisa Snowdon

#anything #bag #brush #camera #case

I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#fighting #hopefully #i #move #move on

Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around. ↗

— Bart Stupak

#against #allen #another #any #around

I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start. ↗

— Angela Lansbury

#bit #could #directed #i #i think

If good stuff happened to us until we died it wouldn't be called Life. It would be called Great. ↗

— Drew

#veins #life

It seemed far more reasonable to belong to a species that had evolved natural tooth replacement than to belong to one that had developed the dental profession. ↗

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

#dentistry #snails #tooth #nature

She didn't recognize him and he didn't recognize her, because people and places change and what once was will never be again. ↗

— T.C. Boyle

#change