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L. Neil Smith Quotes

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: May 12, 1946

Topics

Government Tired Media Anything Lied

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art.

Work Art Museum Country Expert

One of the worries about a presidency is that everybody tells you yes. Nobody helps you figure out where your blind spots are.

Blind You Nobody Yes Out Presidency

In the past, when venture-funded startups told their investors they'd found a profitable business model, the first thing VCs would do is to start looking for an 'operating exec' - usually an MBA who would act as the designated 'adult' and take over the transition from Search to Build.

Business Past Looking Start Search

When I was a young man, I was overly sensitive to things, and I found it difficult to eat when I was nervous.

Man Young Nervous Young Man Eat

You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty.

Good Men Hell You Heaven Guilty

We're never gonna get rid of crazy people. They've been around for thousands of years - they'll continue to be around; they'll continue to do horrible things.

People Crazy Never Crazy People Get

The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.

Ludwig von Mises

War Philosophy Protectionism

I couldn't write a female who fell to pieces every time something didn't go right in her life. She would just annoy me too much.

Life Time Me Too Much Go She

George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.

People World Singer Favorite People

Every member of my family was displaced by Katrina.

Family Member Every Displaced

Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It's a lot of work. I don't mind other people building them, but the way things go together and are made is interesting to me; I like that a lot.

Work Together People Mind Me Labor

No one wants to follow a pessimist... You can be skeptical, you can be realistic, but you can't be cynical. If your boss is Eeyore, do you want to work with someone like that? Oh, bother.

Work Boss Someone You Want Follow

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