Too much detail can bog down any story. Enough with the history of gunpowder, the geology of Hawaii, the processes of whaling, and cactus and... →
Edward M. Lerner
The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.
Max Lerner
While being in the right seat at the right game might create short-term reassurance, I can't get over the idea that really what people feel is... →
Randy Lerner
I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of... →
John Lescroart
September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible.
Doris Lessing
It is difficult to imagine any time in history when so many people claiming to be so free have lived in so much fear of being unattractive.
Michael Leunig
Today, people call each other 'guys' - this derives from Guy Fawkes, the bomb-making terrorist. No greater tribute has ever been paid to... →
Frankly, it's never really been replicated in the history of the Internet what Yahoo has done in the areas it's done it.
Ross Levinsohn
I think I'm the only actor in the history of film who got to slap Sam Jackson on the face and butt and lived to tell about it.
Eugene Levy
There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers.
Steven Levy