#ode

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#family #father #golf #modern #particularly

Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#almost #attributable #centuries #century #distinguishes

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#best #living #modern #thing

Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years, and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasn't just a new livelihood. It was a new life. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#business #dad #degree #died #each

I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#each #episode #feel #great #i

One of the tricky things about running a TV show is that you just never know how good the guest stars you cast on a weekly basis, how good they're going to be in the episode. Sometimes they surprise you in good ways and sometimes they surprise you in disappointing ways. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#basis #cast #disappointing #episode #going

There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the more episodes you make, the cheaper they all are individually. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#cheaper #costs #economics #episodes #individually

There will always be economic pressure to make hits, identify hits, and then exploit hits. And you're going to exploit them with as many episodes as you probably can. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#economic #episodes #exploit #going #hits

I doubt God would want to touch America's tax code, since it is already located in the third rung of Hell. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#america #code #doubt #god #hell

Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#always #career #definitely #favorite #fun