J. L. B. Smith Quotes

My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled.

Time travel is such a magic concept.

The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with razor-sharp talons. Beneath it, the caption: To Mock a Killing Bird.

It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.

You be as truthful as you can to a specific situation, and it will become universal.

If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.

Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!

I think some people would understand the quintessence of sanctifying grace if they could be black about twenty-four hours.

If you will stay with the majority of the Twelve Apostles, and the records of the Church, you will never be led astray.

You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.

The important consideration is not how long we can live but how well we can learn the lesson of life, and discharge our duties and obligations to God and to one another.

Never give up an old tried friend, who has waded through all manner of toil, for your sake, and throw him away because fools may tell you he has some faults.

In the beginning, the head of the Gods called a council of the Gods; and they came together and concocted a plan to create the world and people it.

Without death,' he answered, 'life is meaningless. It is a story that can never be told. A song that can never be sung. For how would one finish it?

I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught.

The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. The moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power.

There are only two companies in the world that can help me. That's Facebook and Google, because they are going to make me the largest digital network in the world, which is my goal.

I love that man better who swears a stream as long as my arm yet deals justice to his neighbors and mercifully deals his substance to the poor, than the long, smooth faced hypocrite.

Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words.

I come from a place where we feel like we're not represented in the national media.

People are just so stupid.

It feels like God visits everywhere else, but lives in Africa.

Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge.

I refuse to accept anything less than 100% of what I can achieve.

The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.

I did say I don't feel as worthy as so many of the recipients ... He said he'd seen some of my work, which is amazing, and was a fan of Gavin and Stacey.

My God, my higher power. It's mine and mine alone. I create my connection and I decide how my connection is going to be.

When you're hiding behind a character all the time, as soon as you have to be yourself, you feel kind of terrified.

I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at 1:00 and ended a week later in Monte Carlo.

The individual who is best prepared for any occupation is the one able to adapt himself to any situation.

I do a lot of reading, meditating, and praying to stay as grounded as I can be in this crazy world.

You are the center of your universe, and you can make anything happen.

What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia?

Because the sinless Savior died My sinful soul is counted free. For God the just is satisfied To look on Him and pardon me.

Hayek, in my view, is the leading economic thinker of the 20th century.

Successful entrepreneurs judge correctly the need for change, then do something about it.

We had nine pails of candy for Halloween, now we are down to one. They go for a lot of the candy mixes. I think that they buy them for themselves sometimes.

The paleoclimate record shouts to us that, far from being self-stabilizing, the Earth's climate system is an ornery beast which overreacts even to small nudges.

If you can achieve winning a league championship, that, to me, is the full test of the team and management because it is over the full season and you have a lot of problems you have to overcome.

Being aware in the moment of right now is just the most important thing. All of our issues come from us not being aware enough or not seeing through our problems to the depths of the issues.

It's absurd. We would all like to see Cuba move toward civil society and free markets and greater respect for human rights. But the U.S. policy is exactly the wrong way to go about it.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth!

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

I'll not punish you for having an imagination.

When a song comes to you, you can't run around it.

Controversy is always a beautiful thing. I love controversy and I try to fan it as much as I can without having my husband's head pop off!

I attended the Columbus College Of Art & Design for a little while, until I realized they didn't take cartooning very seriously.

I love the music business very much.

The way I like to measure greatness is... How many people can you make want to be better?