If it were possible to live without causing harm to any living being at all, then indeed we might well choose not to eat carrots or other vegetables. But that is not possible - merely by being alive, we necessarily cause harm to many, many beings: we step on them inadvertently, we breathe them in without noticing, we kill them when we brush our teeth or wash our bodies, etc.
I have to brush my teeth before I go on stage otherwise I don't feel smart enough.
Life is a lone wolf, scratching out a living with teeth and claws and a heart of stone.
How noble. Oh we would fell many. . . -you with magic and blade, whilst my weapons would be tooth and claw-but it would be futile in the end. They are too numerous. . . . We cannot defeat them, only be defeated. - Saphira
It's time to save the U. N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U. N. Reform with teeth
Intimacy doesn't have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together.
What shall we do, all of us? All of us oassionate girls who fear crushing the boys we love with our mouths like caverns of teeth, our mushrooming brains, our watermelon hearts?
You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.
Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can. You don't expect dentists to be able to forecast how many teeth you'll have when you're 80. You expect them to give good advice and fix problems.