Huston Smith Quotes

The faith I was born into formed me. I come from a missionary family - I grew up in China - and in my case, my religious upbringing was positive. Of course, not everyone has this experience. I know many of my students are what I have come to think of as wounded Christians or wounded Jews.

Huston Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: theologian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 31, 1919 - December 30, 2016

Topics

PositiveFamilyFaithExperienceMe

Polo is like playing golf with a saddle, and there are a lot of moving parts.

Joel Edgerton

MovingGolfPlayingPoloLikeParts

As relationships progress, the time you spend smooching diminishes. Where kissing was once an enjoyable entree unto itself, it becomes a mere appetizer couples hasten through on the way to the main course.

Jenna McCarthy

TimeProgressYouRelationshipsWay

I always think you have to show a degree of humanity and sensitivity when you're dealing with people in extreme circumstances.

Andrew Jarecki

PeopleThinkHumanityYouDegree

Eat my shorts!

Matt Groening

EatShorts

I've always been a creative workaholic. I have never had a period of my life where I didn't have at least half a dozen projects going on at once.

Amanda Palmer

LifeCreativeMy LifeNeverAlways

I don't like new bands. I don't want to be one of those pathetic old men in their forties who knows exactly what 18-year-olds are into.

Steve Coogan

MenNewWantOldOld MenPathetic

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.

Rob James-Collier

BrotherMomSisterChanceUniversity

From my perspective, if I say that I'm done, I would hope - and I trust - that my corner would throw in the towel for me.

Rose Namajunas

HopeTrustPerspectiveMeDoneSay

I'll listen to the people. I will not put my party ahead of what the people want.

Matt Bevin

PeoplePartyWantAheadWillListen

My ambition was to be cosmopolitan. I grew up in the suburbs. I went to college in Maine. I had a dream in my head that if you wanted to be the most urbane, living-life-to-the-fullest kind of person, Paris was the place to be.

Rosecrans Baldwin

CollegeAmbitionYouDreamPerson

Nothing real or truthful makes its way to TV unless you are smart and know how to sneak it in, and I would tell you how I did it, but then I would have to kill you.

Roseanne Barr

SmartYouKnowNothingWayReal

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

Mary Astell

LoveWorldActionMightyNoise

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