The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity.
George Santayana
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality.
Edward Sapir
It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental... →
People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a... →
Jose Saramago
It would be so weird if we knew just as much as we needed to know to answer all the questions of the universe. Wouldn't that be freaky? Whereas... →
George Saunders
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Adam Savage
The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one. One worth clinging to. But you don't need religion to appreciate the ordered... →
More people work at Walmart than anywhere else in the United States, but you wouldn't know that from our literature. I'm trying to get at the... →
Said Sayrafiezadeh
Most of my nightmares that jolt me awake either involve the cosmos or something completely out of human control. In reality, I worry more about... →
Lorene Scafaria
I don't enjoy reality television at all. I have to say that I get it, though. I watch some of it, and I understand why people enjoy it.
Kristen Schaal