Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?
We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures. Push us into the light and the light blinds us.
Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.
Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs you of your skills and your judgment, and it blinds you to creative solutions. It's the best-conditioned athlete, not the most talented, who generally wins when the going gets tough.
A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her.
Reaganism as a political movement has enormous resources behind it and it seeks - through stagecraft and through a tremendous level of effort toward propaganda - to present an image of Reagan that is so much larger-than-life that it sort of blinds us all, and keeps us all in a warm, happy, nostalgic state, thinking of a man who can do no wrong.
I'm not a good poker player, but I've got one bluffing technique - as long as you're quick with the blinds, you're fine.
Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.
It's just an ice bucket with a bottle in it. The two flute glasses are little tray. I got to shut the curtains. I'm in my boxer shorts and shirt. I'm going to take a bath and go to bed. But I want to shut the blinds so it's really dark in the room.