“Your humble correspondent realizes that many readers are left-wing, anti-string-theory fighters. So they probably smoke marijuana and this is my modest attempt to help them.” HelpingLeftRealizingTheoryReaderWingsHumbleFighterSmokeStringsMarijuanaModestLeft WingString Theory Author:Lubos Motl
“Another thing very injurious to the child is the tying and cutting of the navel string too soon, which should always be left till the child has not only repeatedly breathed but till all pulsation in the cord ceases. As otherwise the child is much weaker than it ought to be, a part of the blood being left in the placenta which ought to have been in the child and at the same time the placenta does not so naturally collapse, and withdraw itself from the sides of the uterus, and is not therefore removed with so much safety and certainty.” ShouldChildrenDoeHas BeensLeftSidesCuttingBloodOughtSafetyCeaseCertaintyStringsCollapseCordsNavelUterusPlacenta Author:Erasmus Darwin
“I had a nervous breakdown at 17 when my first love left me, and he was a typical bad boy, albeit a charismatic one, with a string of broken hearts trailing behind him.” FirstsHeartLeftBehindsBoysBrokenNervousStringsTypicalFirst LoveBreakdownCharismaticBad BoyNervous Breakdown Author:Caroline Leavitt
“Music, also, the architect ought to understand so that he may have knowledge of the canonical and mathematical theory, and besides be able to tune ballistae , catapultae, and scorpiones to the proper key. For to the right and left in the beams are the holes in the frames through which the strings of twisted sinew are stretched by means of windlasses and bars, and these strings must not be clamped and made fast until they give the same correct note to the ear of the skilled workman.” GivingMayMeanMadeAbleLeftTheoryKeysOughtEarsNotesBarsHolesMathematicalTunesStringsArchitectTwistedBeamWorkmen Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“I felt as out of place as a left-handed violinist in a crowded string section.” HumorFunnyLeftFeltStringsSectionsCrowdedViolinistLeft Handed Author:Chic Murray