#ring

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#consist #doing #duties #endeavoring #equality

To me, the writer's main job is to just make the story unscroll in such a way that the reader is snared - she's right there, seeing things happen and caring about them. And if you dedicate yourself to this job, the meanings more or less take care of themselves. That's the theory, anyway. ↗

— George Saunders

#anyway #care #caring #dedicate #happen

I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life I've done a lot of strange jobs, and the effect has been to make me think a little more skeptically about our capitalist society. ↗

— George Saunders

#been #capitalist #capitalist society #course #done

I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn't eradicate the reality of the suffering. It's all true at once, kind of humming and sublime. ↗

— George Saunders

#beauty #believe #capitalism #eradicate #even

And then they sign an affidavit swearing that she's not in a vegetative stage. I'll tell you. That's a doctor you really want; they can look at a picture and make a diagnosis. ↗

— Michael Schiavo

#diagnosis #doctor #i #look #make

There's fierce competition between all the networks to get the guest who can bring the most pertinent information about whatever the story of the moment happens to be. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#between #bring #competition #fierce #get

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#criminal #crown #daring #diminishes #fortune

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#chance #deepest #destiny #merest #seem

While the meeting I participated in turned out to be a ruse, I made statements during the course of the meeting that are counter to NPR's values and also not reflective of my own beliefs. I offer my sincere apology to those I offended. ↗

— Ron Schiller

#apology #beliefs #counter #course #during

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#before #death #game #i #pitch