L
Contents of L:
(1950--), in Social Studies
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
(1950--), interview, 1979
If you enjoy being a girl but, in fact, are not, stay out of the ladies' room.
(1950--), Metropolitan Life, 1978
Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is merely a good excuse not to play football.
(1950--), Social Studies
No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
(1950--), Social Studies, 1981
Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
U.S. author
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
(1667—1740)
British prelate, "Scotchmen"
In all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but what was a man of sense. I believe everybody of that country that has any, leaves it as fast as they can.
(1742—1799), German writer
Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede--not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen.