Smitherd Quotes & Sayings

My opinion is that the only two computer companies that are software-driven are Apple and NeXT , and I wonder about Apple. — Steve Jobs

The only thing in this world more irresistible to human beings than greed is curiosity, and the need to know the answers. — Luke Smitherd

I'm not interested in just being the hot girl. I'm really goofy, and I love laughing, and that's such a big part of who I am. — Charlotte McKinney

He Waits By Luke Smitherd — Luke Smitherd

But that makes sense. We'd have to see things differently in order to be able to handle eternity. — Luke Smitherd

They're trying to understand what space is. That's tough for them. They break distances down into concentrations of chemicals. For them, space is a range of taste intensities. — Greg Bear

Sometimes the purpose of prayer is to get us out of circumstances, but more often than not, the purpose of prayer is to get us through them. — Mark Batterson

if all you have to offer are criticisms on the people making the decisions, without being able to offer any better decisions yourself, then I suggest you reserve your judgement. — Luke Smitherd

To sum up all, let it be known that science and religion are two identical words. The learned do not suspect this, no more do the religious. These two words express the two sides of the same fact, which is the infinite. Religion-Science, this is the future of the human mind. — Victor Hugo

That was when something hit me. The white suit he was wearing wasn't just a fashion choice. I mean, who actually dresses like that? Nobody, at least nobody in reality. Yeah, Ok, his big friend was in standard spook/secret service/bodyguard gear, but this guy? He was a walking cliche. It was like somebody said to me, Hey Chris, can you imagine a Colombian drug lord for me please? And this guy had popped up as the end result. — Luke Smitherd

Do you think that any one can move the heart but He that made it? — John Lyly

then he would feel like he was finally going crazy. It never happened though. Always the tease, never the relief. — Luke Smitherd

He nodded slightly, and — Luke Smitherd

Memories are jagged little rocks, sharp little chunks of glass, and your mind is mud. Memories sink into it, and you think they've disappeared. But they haven't. They're just lying there, waiting for a hot day when certain parts of the mud melt and make those blades available to questing feet. — Luke Smitherd

chanting. Neither any of the C.I.s, or this man here, — Luke Smitherd

deliberately vague, attention-seeking Facebook statuses are for thirteen-year-old girls. — Luke Smitherd

And for a second she weakens, and the way she used to look at him flashes across her face, and then it's gone, replaced by near hate. It's the saddest thing he's ever seen. It's a tragedy. — Luke Smitherd

No male writer is likely to be asked to sit on a panel addressing itself to the special problems of a male writer. — Margaret Atwood

the things you 'just don't do' and the things you 'just do', in my eyes, are the actions of sheep. Act the way you feel, not the way you're expected to. Say what you mean. — Luke Smitherd

John Stott concludes, "It seems to have been Paul's deliberate policy to move purposefully from one strategic city-centre to the next."5 — Timothy J. Keller

All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened. - George S. Patton — Luke Smitherd

we all are never one person alone. Different sides of us, brought out by different situations, and we can never truly know who we will be from one day to the next. You can be one of them more than you are any of the others, and decide that is you ... but when you are caught unawares, the dice of your personality is rolled and the outcome is not given by any means. — Luke Smitherd

Beloved, let your eyes half close, and your heart beat
Over my heart, and your hair fall over my breast,
Drowning love's lonely hour in deep twilight of rest ... — William Butler Yeats

I always try to remember that I am a work in progress. When I maintain that perspective, I realize that I don't have to be perfect. I don't have to have it all together. I don't need to try to have all the answers. And I don't need to learn everything in a day. When I make a mistake, it's not because I'm a failure or worthless. I just didn't do something right because I still haven't improved enough in some part of the process. And that motivates me to keep growing and improving. If I don't know something, it's an opportunity to try to improve in a new area. — John C. Maxwell