#than

If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too. ↗

— George Saunders

#fiction #kind #model #ought #out

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#discovery #dish #happiness #humanity #more

I find that easier to accept than this all happened out of nothing. ↗

— Dwight Schultz

#easier #find #happened #i #nothing

I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York. ↗

— Milos Forman

#city #get #i #looks #new

The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#increased #more #over #past #population

I have personally seen statements that were longer than some books I have read. ↗

— Wendell H. Ford

#i #longer #personally #read #seen

Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the protection of this basic right than race, sex, age, or sexual orientation is a reason to deny membership in the human moral community to other humans. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#ageism #basic #being #community #deny

It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner. ↗

— Vin Scully

#fast #lazy #off #pick #runner

Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper public behavior would be. ↗

— Gallagher

#draw #friends #kids #line #parents

I'd rather make music than tour. ↗

— Bob Seger

#make #music #rather #than #tour