James K A Smith Calvinism Quotes & Sayings

I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music. — Mick Taylor

I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice. — Brian May

Ridicule is the best test of truth. — Philip Dormer Stanhope

The essence of all reincarnation is to have the best lifetime now that you've ever had, no matter what's going on. — Frederick Lenz

You must have brought the bad weather with you
The sky's the color of lead
All you've left me is a feather
On an unmade bed — Tom Waits

We Americans have many grave problems to solve, many threatening evils to fight, and many deeds to do, if, as we hope and believe, we have the wisdom, the strength, and the courage and the virtue to do them. But we must face facts as they are. We must neither surrender ourselves to a foolish optimism, nor succumb to a timid and ignoble pessimism ... — Edmund Morris

And suddenly you started singing out your love for me. My name and everything, loud enough to reach the top floors of all the buildings. I should have told you to stop, but I didn't want you to stop. I didn't mind if your love for me woke people up. I didn't mind if it somehow sneaked into their sleep. — David Levithan

I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly. — Mos Def

And something happened in Katie's heart, and she realized it wasn't just two people being joined together, not even two families. She felt as if she were joining hands with everyone who'd done this before her, just as she'd done after giving birth to Jacob, a feeling that she finally belonged, that she was part of the whole enterprise, a brick in that great arch which rose out of the dark behind you and swung over your head and curved into the future, and she was helping to keep it strong and solid, and helping to protect everyone beneath it. — Mark Haddon

We allow ourselves to unclench when we're home with our families, which is one of the truly wonderful advantages of human intimacy. — Lynn Coady

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things. — Stanislaw Leszczynski