J. L. B. Smith Quotes

I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

I'm going to imprint myself on everything in this world.

It’s one of my loose theories that Catholicism and art have gone well together because both believe in the physical manifestation of the spiritual world.

Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite.

In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods

People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti.

Keep your face upturned to Christ as the flowers do to the sun. Look, and your soul shall live and grow

The opposite of play isn’t work. It’s depression. To play is to act out and be willful, exultant and committed as if one is assured of one’s prospects.

She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down.

A prayer without faith is without accomplishment

But our comedies never endured long without a tragedy.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

If you don't like me, if you like me; both are equally cool. I send love and positive energy to all those people in their lives. I hope they find where they're meant to be.

Put together all the tenderest love you know of, multiply it by infinity, and you will begin to see glimpses of the love and grace of God.

Marriage is the hardest thing you will ever do. The secret is removing divorce as an option. Anybody who gives themselves that option will get a divorce.

God has chosen us to help one another.

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.

No, I am not afraid; the Lord said he would protect me, and I have full confidence in His word.

The supreme task of the Church is the evangelization of the world.

The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.

A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

It's a perfect day for letting go.

Grace is a person. And his name is Jesus.

We need to abandon our scale and adopt God's because our misguided labels keep us from the right kind of interaction with people.

Let me say that it is not a question of us getting more of the Holy Spirit, but rather of the Holy Spirit getting more of us.

The only time an aircraft has too much fuel on board is when it is on fire.

Why should the brave Spanish soldiers brag? The sunne never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shineth on one part or other we have conquered for our king.

You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.

You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.

We all want to do the will of God, and we know that there is nothing nearer to His heart than the evangelization of the world.

Only the impossible has any real charm; the possible has been vulgarized by happening too often.

Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the crème de la crème. Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.

Believing in yourself is the first step to accomplishing any goal. If you think you're going to fail, you probably will.

There is room in history for all of us.

Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.

The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.

I sometimes think that when the prime minister tries to select a weapon it is the boomerang he finds most effective.

The greatest dreams are always unrealistic.

Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.

Science has already proven the dangers of smoking, alcohol, and Chinese food, but I can still ruin soft drinks for everyone!.

It is well known that the older a man grows, the faster he could run as a boy.

Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.

One man's frankness is another man's vulgarity.

The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule.

Work on a computer that is disconnected from the ­internet.

I told the students [at Yale] we were going to talk about love - I meant love in the sense of devotions to one's work - and about half the students got really pissed off.

Love is an angel disguised as lust.

I'm an enigma, an unknown. You can't really figure out what I'm going to do next. I like it like that.