#reference

Our solution on 'The Simpsons' is to do jokes that people who have an education, or some frame of reference, can get. And for the ones who don't, it doesn't matter, because we have Homer banging his head and saying, 'D'oh!' ↗

— Matt Groening

#because #education #frame #get #head

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#like #most #prefer #preference #read

I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references. ↗

— Jim Hodges

#color #i #i think #many #people

I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference. ↗

— Evan Hunter

#ashamed #certainly #her #i #lesbian

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. ↗

— Fanny Brice

#beauty #greater #letter #personal #recommendation

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#classic #literature #modern #newest #oldest

I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#called #contemporary #did #fox #i

When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#convictions #firm #give #hold #preferences

At the same time, new concepts and abstractions flow into the picture, taking up the task of describing the universe without reference to such time or space - abstractions for which our language lacks adequate terms. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

#concepts #describing #flow #into #lacks

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#classics #literature #modern #newest #oldest