#non

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#first #flattery #more #none #proud

The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#ancient times #authors #copied #copyright #did

The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital invested in his anvil, hammer and bellows, and the labor he performs with them, because in fact, there is none. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#any #because #bellows #between #capital

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#being #being happy #benefits #duty #happy

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time. ↗

— Edmund Clarence Stedman

#born #luck #more #most #none

I'm convinced from what I know of Vernon Bundy that his testimony was truthful. ↗

— Jim Garrison

#convinced #his #i #know #testimony

For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect. ↗

— Madeleine Stowe

#directly #environment #even #expect #filming

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#bach #been #born #composing #due

At the point when I wanted to become a designer, I didn't think about, 'Oh, but I'm a woman,' just like didn't think about like, well, 'I'm Chinese' or that 'I'm in Michigan.' You know, none of those things were obstacles to me. I just had this idea that this is what I had to do. ↗

— Anna Sui

#become #chinese #designer #had #i

But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral. ↗

— Donald Sutherland

#certainly #circle #club #could #even