#ali

You don't want to be that parent - the one who dresses his kid in a cloth sack when all the other kids are in Armani cloth sacks - especially in a time like ours, when materialism is not only rampant and ascendant but is fast becoming the only game in town. ↗

— George Saunders

#ascendant #becoming #cloth #dresses #especially

Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#dealing #eradicate #fact #faculty #idea

In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a "failed experiment." Any test that yields valid data is a valid test. ↗

— Adam Savage

#data #experiment #failed #really #science

If what you want is a life where your homosexuality is not an issue, move, as many have done. ↗

— Dan Savage

#homosexuality #issue #life #many #move

The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadian newspapers is to grant gay and lesbian people our full civil equality and leave it alone. ↗

— Dan Savage

#canadian #civil #equality #front #full

Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#appealing #before #even #eye #how

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#acquaintance #cite #dislike #every #good

I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#first #gay #heterosexuality #i #i think

Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms. ↗

— George Savile

#hath #long #low #malice #stature

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. ↗

— George Savile

#horses #may #men #stealing #stolen