#lid

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

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

The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#bad #bad news #best #best time #better

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#ball game #became #beyond #bowl #christmas

Nobody's perfect. Everyone slides here and there, and they have their ups and downs. When they are down, that is not the time to step all over them. ↗

— Neal Schon

#downs #everyone #here #nobody #over

The verbal interpretation, on the other hand, i.e. the metaphysics of quantum physics, is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty years physicists have not been able to provide a clear metaphysical model. ↗

— Erwin Schrodinger

#been #clear #fact #far #far less

It's really hard in this day and age, with radio and MTV being so consolidated, to get new music out there. I think we've become a really legitimate, viable avenue for getting new music out there. ↗

— Josh Schwartz

#avenue #become #being #consolidated #day

The Book of Mormon is concrete and solid, they can hold it, and they can visualize that they have to pray to decide if this physical thing is true. There is no room for interpretation. ↗

— Richard G. Scott

#concrete #decide #hold #interpretation #mormon

I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia. ↗

— David O. Selznick

#depressed #get #holidays #i #sundays

I mean, why am I considered an 'it girl?' Because I'm in a lot of movies right now or am on the covers of magazines? I just hope there is something solid behind that. Because here's the thing with 'it girl' status. It's great and amazing that anybody is saying that at all. But how long does that last? ↗

— Amanda Seyfried

#amazing #anybody #because #behind #considered