Johann Kaspar Schmidt Quotes & Sayings

The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake. — Oscar Wilde

It has been an honour to be the coach of the best player (Messi) I have ever seen and probably the best I will see. — Pep Guardiola

Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living God. — Timothy Keller

Though it may be called a nescience, and unknowing, yet there is in it more than all knowing and understanding without it; for this unknowing lures and attracts you from all understood things, and from yourself as well. — Meister Eckhart

Pain is the curse of mortals. We must learn to live with it. — Uday Mane

Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has. — Tom Landry

If surgeons don't get surgeon's block, then why are you allowed to get writer's block? — Cory Doctorow

Many of the delicious soups you eat in French homes and little restaurants are made just this way, with a leek-and-potato base to which leftover vegetables or sauces and a few fresh items are added. — Julia Child

Happiness is the highest form of wisdom. — Jacqueline Carey

For me, at least, Vietnam was partly love. With each step, each light-year of a second, a foot soldier is always almost dead, or so it feels, and in such circumstances, you can't help but love. — Tim O'Brien

Another random thing I do is the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI. And you may be familiar with the movie 'Contact,' which sort of popularized that. It turns out there are real people who go out and search for extraterrestrials in a very scientific way. — Nathan Myhrvold

The history of the Internet is, in part, a series of opportunities missed: the major record labels let Apple take over the digital-music business; Blockbuster refused to buy Netflix for a mere fifty million dollars; Excite turned down the chance to acquire Google for less than a million dollars. — James Surowiecki