#icu

Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#alone #become #beings #expression #human

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#democratically #difficult #elections #incapable #part

I'll never forget one morning I walked in and I had a hell of a bruise - it had been a difficult night the night before - and a client said to me, 'Good God, Vidal, what happened to your face?' And I said, 'Oh, nothing, madam, I just fell over a hairpin.' ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#before #bruise #client #difficult #face

Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#beautiful #bone #cover #create #curtains

I think fiction isn't so good at being for or against things in general - the rhetorical argument a short story can make is only actualized by the accretion of particular details, and the specificity of these details renders whatever conclusions the story reaches invalid for wider application. ↗

— George Saunders

#against #application #argument #being #conclusions

I've had the thought that a person's 'artistic vision' is really just the cumulative combination of whatever particular stances he has sincerely occupied during his creative life - even if some of those might appear contradictory. ↗

— George Saunders

#artistic #combination #contradictory #creative #creative life

Actual gay people can make many others feel uncomfortable and paranoid because they don't know and can't articulate what makes a person gay, and they worry that maybe they themselves are gay. ↗

— Dan Savage

#articulate #because #feel #gay #know

So I don't feel particularly wealthy-but, you know, I pay my taxes and I know that I am. ↗

— Dan Savage

#feel #i #i am #know #particularly

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#defined #particularly #politicians #texas

Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#immediate #means #neither #ridiculous #sneeze