#out

One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage. ↗

— David Simon

#actually #almost #best #contemporary #inclined

The trick to making a story matter is that every now and then, somebody you care about has to go. If it's somebody that you don't care about, then it doesn't really have - the stakes aren't there. But if you do that every now and then, then the story matters to people. And there are actual stakes involved, emotional stakes. ↗

— David Simon

#actual #care #emotional #every #go

There are no morals about technology at all. Technology expands our ways of thinking about things, expands our ways of doing things. If we're bad people we use technology for bad purposes and if we're good people we use it for good purposes. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#bad #bad people #doing #expands #good

Technology may create a condition, but the questions are what do we do about ourselves. We better understand ourselves pretty clearly and we better find ways to like ourselves. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#better #clearly #condition #create #find

Take care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage. Like two out of every ten couples. ↗

— Neil Simon

#care #couples #every #feel #happy

When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets. ↗

— Paul Simon

#albums #became #began #i #making

We like to be the largest outside investor, and the first outside investor. ↗

— John Simon

#investor #largest #like #outside

I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion. ↗

— Paul Simon

#eye #fashion #get #heart #hearts

It really is about the heart of a woman that makes her beautiful. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#beautiful #heart #her #makes #really

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it. ↗

— Paul Simon

#finished #out #record #record company #stay