#ling

The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction. ↗

— William Shatner

#attempts #could #fiction #mystique #out

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#beginning #beyond #boats #broken #burned

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#attractive #clever #govern #long #men

In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#artist #doomed #example #feeling #fitzgerald

Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops. ↗

— William Shawn

#just #never #perfection #process #short

Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves. ↗

— Robert Shea

#attracts #because #better #fulfilling #more

I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume that you learn from one, and you do something better next time. ↗

— George Shearing

#assume #better #current #duke #duke ellington

We're travelling for about nine-and-a-half months a year. ↗

— George Shearing

#months #travelling #year

A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt. ↗

— Robert Sheckley

#longer #novel #often #process #self-doubt

I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it. ↗

— Robert Sheckley

#doing #i #interfere #knew #right