#isi

If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is part of the popular culture that advertisements are silly. ↗

— Michael Schudson

#bow #culture #equally #find #gods

That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history. ↗

— Thomas Howard

#earnestness #enough #forever #fright #hence

There are too many other inexplicable things around us--horrors, threats, mysteries that draw you in and then inevitably disenchant you. Back to the predictable and humdrum. The prince is never going to come, everybody knows that; and maybe Sleeping Beauty's dead. ↗

— Anne Rice

#beauty

But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep. ↗

— Karl Shapiro

#breathing #exquisite #i #love #satisfaction

It must be able to assist in devising the method of solution of problems and not merely solve them. ↗

— Cliff Shaw

#assist #devising #merely #method #must

A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict. ↗

— Robert Shea

#conflict #creates #division #inequality #inevitably

I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving relationship, and remembered our mother at those times. ↗

— Sam Sheppard

#deep #father #full #had #i

For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#individuals #large #number #problems #smarter

When I was a child, it was my dream to be a professional footballer. When I was 14 I visited Milan's San Siro stadium and remember thinking how unbelievable it was. From then onwards I vowed that one day I would be playing there - and I am very proud that I achieved this and also for everything else I have managed to achieve in football. ↗

— Andriy Shevchenko

#achieved #also #am #child #day

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement. ↗

— Florence Scovel Shinn

#achievement #apparent #apparent failure #been #before