#sf

The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#cog #enormous #form #hands #his

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'. ↗

— Charles Simmons

#evil #great #great evil #misfortune #prompt

Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#been #complexity #definition #down #film

If you look at the CEOs of some the most successful companies in the world like IKEA, they never fly first class. They always go economy. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#ceos #class #companies #economy #first

If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money. ↗

— Russell Simmons

#deciding #else #get #give #going

I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do. ↗

— Paul Simon

#done #everything #good #good job #i

Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#education #equal #his #intellect #least

Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear. ↗

— Frank Sinatra

#brutal #desperate #expression #form #hear

I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#good #i #liked #material #mediocre

God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction. ↗