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On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of time and consciousness are offered to it from all sides. They carry the person as if in a stream, and one needs hardly to swim for oneself. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#consciousness #easy #hand #hardly #infinitely

The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#change #consists #individuality #inner #intensification

I sure love Ireland. The first trip I ever made was last year when I did this record in Dublin. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#dublin #ever #first #i #ireland

I consider myself a court jester - motivator. ↗

— Richard Simmons

#court #i #motivator #myself

I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets. ↗

— Michael W. Smith

#church #did #i #i think #sleeping

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#afraid #censure #death #dread #fame

Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#along #being #billion #few #get

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing. ↗

— Paul Simon

#growing #hope #i #i can #major

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs. ↗

— Paul Simon

#artie #beautifully #boxer #bridge #good

We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way. ↗

— Paul Simon

#bigger #did #differ #difference #each