Smus Quotes & Sayings

For the scientist the analytical process does not diminish the splendour of what he or she sees. Every detail added is an extra stanza added to a great epic poem, one that is never complete, nor yet ever tedious in its particulars — Richard Fortey

Herman Melville was supposed to be an accountant. Van Gogh was meant to be an art dealer. I was meant to take the train into New York and work for a bank. To be an artist, you have to say goodbye to your family. — Don McLean

Between wisdom and a good shield, always prefer the wisdom, because no shield can protect us better than wisdom! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Obstacles must be overcome.
Problems must be solved.
Doubt must be resisted.
Fear must be defeated. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Christian discipleship is a decision to walk in his ways, steadily and firmly, and then finding that the way integrates all our interests, passions, and gifts, our human needs and eternal aspirations. It is the way of life we were created for. — Eugene H. Peterson

Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself. — John Frusciante

Hey, I'm like the Wayne Gretsky of the entertainment biz - I have other people do my dirty work while I skate around and get to be a nice guy. What can I say? I'm a coward. — Paul Feig

Outside the house is a world where the shelves are stocked, where radio waves are full of music, where young men walk the streets again, men who have deprievation and a fear worse than death, who have willingly given up their early twenties and now, thinking of thirty and beyond, haven't any time to spare. — Michael Cunningham

You think I'll succumb after a ten second kiss?"

The man had an ego of an elephant. She measured the knowing curve of his smile, the infuriating glint in his eyes and knew she could stand anything for ten seconds. All she had to do was clamp her jaw and she'd win. Victory was at hand.

"Okay, Masterson. You're on. — Carol Devine

It's not what one is, it's what one does with it. — Mary Renault

Then you will pick yourself up, no matter how tired you are, and go forward again and again and again, until you've reached liberation. — Frederick Lenz

Certainly a decade and a half out in the real world, bashing my head against things, probably made me into a more textured writer. It gives you something to write about. — Richard K. Morgan

Yes, thanks to God ... my life has a goal, much more important than my artistic activities, that is the struggle against Leukemia. — Jose Carreras

You might question a belief that so readily betrays its believers. — Anthony Marra

The good life is not an amount; it's an attitude, an act, an idea, a discovery, a search. — Jim Rohn