#war

Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

#armaments #civil #economy #extremely #fighting

Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

#died #forward #god #leaders #only

But my promoter Frank Warren knows what he is doing, and has been through this cycle many times with other fighters. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#cycle #doing #fighters #frank #knows

Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#directed #grammar #henceforth #language #longer

I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is - an avoidance of your deficiencies. ↗

— George Saunders

#always #around #avoidance #aware #come

My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect. ↗

— George Saunders

#am #been #confidence #dark #dark side

It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#anyone #aware #become #contribution #evident

That aesthetic of the Star Wars universe: the do-it-yourself, hotrod ethic that George Lucas exported from his childhood, is exactly the same kind of soul behind what we do and build for the show. It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done. ↗

— Adam Savage

#behind #build #childhood #do-it-yourself #done

When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the 'Star Wars' movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven. ↗

— Adam Savage

#felt #finally #going #got #heaven

The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it. ↗

— Dan Savage

#civil #civil war #document #heads #justified