#ria

It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#among #carries #changes #commonest #different

The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there. ↗

— Pierre Schaeffer

#complete #complete mystery #contained #exercise #explained

First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment. ↗

— Maximilian Schell

#first #first love #love #love is #marriage

I had a happy marriage and a nice wife. I accomplished everything you can. What more can you want? ↗

— Max Schmeling

#everything #had #happy #happy marriage #i

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#consists #human #human being #humanitarianism #never

What was the reason for invading Iraq' Was it a humanitarian crusade or an economic one' I would be inclined to say the latter. It was the same with the Civil War, because the landed gentry's money was being stolen by the king. ↗

— Dougray Scott

#being #civil #civil war #crusade #economic

Israel has many hopes, and faces extreme dangers. The most prominent danger is Iran, which is making every effort to acquire nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and establishing an enormous terror network together with Syria in Lebanon. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#ballistic #danger #dangers #effort #enormous

You know it's never fifty-fifty in a marriage. It's always seventy-thirty, or sixty-forty. Someone falls in love first. Someone puts someone else up on a pedestal. Someone works very hard to keep things rolling smoothly; someone else sails along for the ride. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#love #marriage #love

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America. ↗

— Cindy Sheehan

#always #america #american #american government #chavez

I hold myself to a very high standard, and I hold my contributions to that same high standard. I will not accept any contributions that are illegal, inappropriate or tainted. ↗

— Kevin Shelley

#any #contributions #high #high standard #hold