#cal

The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#enclose #equal #equal right #formations #great

Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#discovery #family #had #i #idea

When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#critical #good #i #like #myself

Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels. ↗

— Frank Sinatra

#basically #bottle #daniels #gets #i

I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#because #cruel #cynical #finally #i

If you're going to say to all the people that you're working with, 'We want you to treat the customers honestly; don't lie and don't cheat,' it is somewhat hypocritical if you're not following the same rules. ↗

— James Sinegal

#customers #following #going #honestly #hypocritical

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#good #good writer #mankind #redeemer #scholar

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#boy #call #called #grown #i

At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places. ↗

— Peter Singer

#cultures #descriptive #develop #different #different cultures

I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun. ↗

— Peter Singer

#bother #find #go #i #improve