Smisek Jeff Quotes & Sayings

Advantage comes not from the spectacular or the technical. Advantage comes from a persistent seeking of the mundane edge. — Tom Peters

Sin is not only manifested in certain acts that are forbidden by divine command. Sin also appears in attitudes and dispositions and feelings. Lust and hate are sins as well as adultery and murder. And, in the traditional Christian view, despair and chronic boredom - unaccompanied by any vicious act - are serious sins. They are expressions of man's separation from God, as the ultimate good, meaning, and end of human existence. — Mortimer Adler

People lead their real, most interesting lives under cover of secrecy — William Boyd

When I was a child, I didn't fly - we couldn't afford to fly. Flying was for rich people. — Jeff Smisek

Is that why joy hurts
God stretching us open to receive more of Himself? — Ann Voskamp

But she never could keep it straight. All the letters, the acronyms, the codes, the colors, changing like musical chairs, every week, every month. Games demons play. It meant nothing to her, except in a charming sort of way, as it had when Naganya wanted to play at interrogation, while the rest of them wanted chess. — Catherynne M Valente

Life depends on time and he who least values time and what to really do with his time will get to the end of the time in his lifetime only to ponder over the times he had in his life! Remember always; your lifetime: your life has been timed! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Don't get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment — Bill Hybels

By the time I was 10 or 11, I was completely demoralized. I thought, "I'm done. I'm never going to be a missionary," because my indiscretion column, whether it was little lies or stealing a Chunky bar, kept me from sainthood. — Patti Smith

I don't think our government really has much of a policy about air travel. I would compare the policies of United Arab Emirates, which has done a terrific job recognizing the value of transportation, of travel. — Jeff Smisek

You cannot manage an airline from a corner office in Willis Tower. That doesn't work. You've got to manage by walking around. — Jeff Smisek

What Leo does is so incredible that I have to be careful not to stand still watching him make his moves. — Thierry Henry

I love to sing. Mostly about love and sex. — Elizabeth Berkley

If you have a workforce that enjoys each other, they trust each other, they trust management, they're proud of where they work - then they're going to deliver a good product. — Jeff Smisek

The idea of being in a hugely successful movie that I don't like would be just as bad as being in a film that I love that no one sees. I wouldn't want the kind of success that felt cheap or that I didn't own. — Ryan Phillippe

When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it had to be magical. I doubt if you get another 'Wu-Tang Clan.' That might be harder than getting the new 'Jackson Five.' Certain groups you only get one time, and we just happened to be that group. — Raekwon