#lie

When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and of beauty and I believe that Alfred Nobel must have felt much the same when he gave these prizes for literature and the sciences. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

#beauty #believe #father #felt #gave

Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family. I've always been attracted to temporary families. They tend to be lost characters. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#attracted #became #because #been #brothers

Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#being #ceremonial #earlier #gay #gay marriage

There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#characters #circle #common #families #family

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. ↗

— George Santayana

#about #events #happened #lies #never

I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. ↗

— George Santayana

#believe #between #dualism #facts #general

I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed. ↗

— Rick Santelli

#anyone #around #believe #fires #getting

One thing that served me well with clients was that you back your winners and you back your losers. ↗

— Rick Santelli

#clients #losers #me #one thing #served

The saddest thing is that when I sat down to rehearse for the Pixies, I couldn't believe that I had given up something that I loved. Now I hold the drum at night and I want to go to bed with it. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#believe #down #drum #given #go

Impatience translates itself into a desire to have something immediate done about it all, and, as is generally the case with impatience, resolves itself in the easiest way that lies ready to hand. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#case #desire #done #easiest #easiest way