#tail

I think fiction isn't so good at being for or against things in general - the rhetorical argument a short story can make is only actualized by the accretion of particular details, and the specificity of these details renders whatever conclusions the story reaches invalid for wider application. ↗

— George Saunders

#against #application #argument #being #conclusions

The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. ↗

— George Saunders

#beloved #constant #culture #details #exaltation

Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#complaint #effectively #how #know #make

No one wants to abandon the Israelis. But I think the perception is, and I think it's probably an accurate perception, that the tail is leading the dog - that we are giving the Israelis carte blanche ability to exercise whatever they want to do in their area. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

#ability #accurate #area #blanche #carte

Whatever the details of union may be, there's no doubt we need more policy coordination in Europe. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#details #doubt #europe #may #more

Palestinian ideology has become a lethal cocktail of radical nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#cocktail #fundamentalism #ideology #islamic #lethal

It was always sort of my dream to make handbags and I wanted a handbag that was very sharp, very structured, very tailored... I wanted a bag you could put all of your things in it, you can open it, you could close it, you could hid all your tricks, but it's not all lumpy. ↗

— L'Wren Scott

#bag #close #could #dream #handbags

Retailing, it's always true that there is some items that I wish we had a lot more of like the iPod and there is some items I wish we had a lot less of. ↗

— Lee Scott

#had #i #i wish #ipod #items

I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#analyze #avoid #before #day #detail

The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail. ↗

— David O. Selznick

#depends #detail #paid #production #success