#script

In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#different #general #grammar #inscriptions #instance

Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#every #habit #make #read #subscription

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

— Greta Scacchi

#could #had #hardly #i #many

Basically, if you could get a good trailer out of the script, Roger had no objection to you making a really good movie. He liked it if you did. He liked the more cleverness and ingenuity you could bring to it. He just wasn't going to give you any more money. ↗

— John Sayles

#basically #bring #cleverness #could #did

To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.' ↗

— John Sayles

#character #day #dialogue #feel #get

I mean when I was working shall we say with Disney, you know they sent me the script for the film Hercules and I had to imagine what all the characters looked like. And to develop those characters, so nothing exists visually when I get the script. ↗

— Gerald Scarfe

#develop #disney #exists #film #get

Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world. ↗

— Tom Scholz

#letting #livable #loose #more #motive

The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena. ↗

— Erwin Schrodinger

#accurate #atomic #consistent #countless #description

I've been blessed with some lovely scripts and a character that people could truly identify with. It's one of those surprises in life that makes you think, 'God was smiling on me that particular day. ↗

— Dwight Schultz

#blessed #character #could #day #god

In early church polemics, Jews are deemed no longer worthy of their own Scriptures because they have failed to accept Christ as the Messiah. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#because #christ #church #deemed #early