#more

Convinced that the attachment of colonies to the metropolis, depends infinitely more upon moral and religious feeling, than political arrangement, or even commercial advantage, I cannot but lament that more is not done to instill it into the minds of the people. ↗

— John Strachan

#arrangement #attachment #cannot #colonies #commercial

In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare in that of England. His glory is more than national - it is universal. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#dante #england #france #glory #his

But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#become #being #besides #consider #extraordinary

A changeling is one child substituted for another. I couldn't find anything more apt. We had to kind of fight that supernatural element in the publicity, and I offered to try and find another title, but Clint liked it, and it stayed. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

#anything #apt #child #clint #element

And Robert Lowell, of course - in his poems, we're not located in his actual life. We're located more in the externals, in the journalistic facts of his life. ↗

— Mark Strand

#actual life #course #externals #facts #his

Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement. ↗

— Ben Stein

#alert #am #around #calmer #concentrate

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#declared #i #more #never #patience

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#imitation #interesting #more #nature

I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#am #cameras #everything #hate #i

But the equipment to protect the players hasn't developed along with that, so now you have more players out with worse injuries, for longer periods of time. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#developed #equipment #hasn #injuries #longer