#once

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome. ↗

— George Santayana

#infinitude #man #once #overcome #own

English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#diplomacy #english #french #international #international language

So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather to be wondered at how much in common their proposals actually have, both in vocabulary and in general spirit of procedure. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#both #common #concerned #constructed #far

Once, I had so many scripts coming to me that I could hardly read them all. ↗

— Greta Scacchi

#could #had #hardly #i #many

But compared to writing a novel, where you can be God, I did the Bay of Pigs invasion in six pages once, and there were 50,000 guys with boots that I didn't have to pay, and all those extras; we didn't have to pay them. ↗

— John Sayles

#boots #compared #did #extras #god

I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music. ↗

— Boz Scaggs

#american music #blige #conceptual #create #doing

I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me. ↗

— Boz Scaggs

#concert #electricity #endings #fifteen #fried

Basically I am a private individual who has concerns about his country and who has resources that give me the privilege - and responsibility - to do something to help my country if I can. ↗

— Richard Scaife

#am #basically #concerns #country #give

Today they have proven once again that the mainstream media can't print enough bad news about our troops. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

#again #bad #bad news #enough #mainstream

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#hill #just #once #over #pick