David Livingstone Smith quote: "Rather than looking for explanations for why all people deserve to be treated with compassion and respect, we ought to be working at creating a world in which people are treated with compassion and respect. Human rights aren’t lying around waiting to be discovered. They’re made, not found."

We tell blatant lies to one another. We tell blatant lies to our children.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH

Dehumanization isn’t a way of talking. It’s a way of thinking—a way of thinking that, sadly, c...
DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH

When in the public eye, it's tough because it's generating stress constantly, because deep down in y...
DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH

Well, you know, people lead double lives. We all do to some degree. We keep certain things separate ...
DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH

I began to understand how we are built; we're built to be natural-born liars. Nature has fashioned u...
DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH

All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

I will go anywhere, provided it be forward.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

Fear God and work hard.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

If success attend me, grant me humility; If failure, resignation to Thy will.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

I will go anywhere, as long as it be forward.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men ...
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

Though there is antipathy in the human heart to the gospel of Christ, yet when Christians make their...
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

Self-deception helps us deceive,
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

It is working with clients and changing that perception. I don't mind if market commentators have th...
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

I will go anywhere, provided it is forward
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

The best remedy for a sick church is to put it on a missionary diet.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

It's been busier than ever I guess they were having a going-out-of-business sale.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

I began to understand how we are built; we're built to be natural-born liars, ... Nature has fashion...
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

I will go anywhere, provided it is forward.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want ...
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticis...
RICHARD LIVINGSTONE

What a squalid and irresponsible little profession it is. Nothing prepares you for how bad Fleet Str...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

A technician is a man who understands everything about his job except its ultimate purpose and its p...
RICHARD LIVINGSTONE

If I was courting the Muslim vote, I wouldn't have put establishing the partnership ceremony at ...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, an...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have conscio...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

The civil service are risk averse.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I employed my wife for three years to sit in the attic and type up my autobiography, 700 pages, orga...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use...
RICHARD LIVINGSTONE

Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I've never declined to do an interview.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I looked always outside of myself to see what I could make the world give me instead of looking with...
BELLE LIVINGSTONE

The young, whether they know it or not, live on borrowed property.
RICHARD LIVINGSTONE

The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, ...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I t...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it i...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I actually think it's what he represents they don't want to see depicted, because in that square one...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

Welcome to the hardware/software war.
ADAM LIVINGSTONE

Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not i...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I ...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people; yo...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been pri...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

The staff left more angry than when they started. There didn't seem to be any understanding that the...
ANN LIVINGSTONE

But when reporters say to me I'm only doing this because it's my job... that's the same abdication o...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of the...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

Friend, we are well met indeed. I think we are a pair of fools and that we should hasten to Nildren'...
IAN LIVINGSTONE

World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

The staff left more angry than when they started.
ANN LIVINGSTONE

Cultivate a spirit of joy and praise. Not only will you light up your own heart, but the hearts of t...
LORETTA LIVINGSTONE

When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

It's dramatically less. We think the return would be massively beneficial.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than r...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

We took a look at where we wanted to go and found Getty Images singularly capable of helping us get ...
BRUCE LIVINGSTONE

I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academicall...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it
KEN LIVINGSTONE

a major milestone in London's recovery.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

Texas playing Tower Bridge will be a combination of the modern and the best of the old that reflects...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

It is important now for Blair to accept that foreign policy is a serious concern and to start to do ...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

Cycling is the fastest, cheapest, most healthy and environmentally friendly way to get around London...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

[Big problem over next week's conference. Jack's down to do a fringe meeting with Ken Livingstone bu...
KEN LIVINGSTONE

Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

You mess with my sister, you're messing with me!
LORETTA LIVINGSTONE

This purchase strengthens our online IT and digital products sales and service presence for small an...
IAN LIVINGSTONE

I used to read comics all the time - escapism, ... So, it was good you get to make up your own adven...
IAN LIVINGSTONE

People can't go climbing mountains or go on Lara Croft adventures or go down damp, dark dungeons kil...
IAN LIVINGSTONE

We share the benefits of success, ... We haven't got rooms and rooms of corporate people running aro...
IAN LIVINGSTONE

Games people are creative people, ... Creative people are all different. So, you have to be all thin...
IAN LIVINGSTONE

I thought there was going to be a limit to paper and pencil games and I really wanted to get into th...
IAN LIVINGSTONE

He may be old now, but he is still a hero in their eyes
LORETTA LIVINGSTONE

Arts and Crafts was never there to prevent industrial growth. It was there to tailor it.
KAREN LIVINGSTONE

The Arts and Crafts Movement was about design for living. It was design for ordinary people. That wa...
KAREN LIVINGSTONE

One of the overriding criteria for including an object in the show was the quality of its craftsmans...
KAREN LIVINGSTONE

It's not intended to be a comprehensive study of the Arts and Crafts Movement. It's a look at how pe...
KAREN LIVINGSTONE

[The movement still] resonates with the way we live and work today, ... With its concern for such th...
KAREN LIVINGSTONE

I do the gardening.
KEN LIVINGSTONE

It is safe being in a very dangerous country but the keys are speed and unpredictability. He's going...
NEIL LIVINGSTONE

In this business you either sink or swim or you don't.
DAVID SMITH

The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans.
DAVID SMITH

Let your dream's point the way
DAVID SMITH

Manchester is very well-represented at the museum.
DAVID SMITH

Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of the media is left of center. There are two companies doing truly b...
DAVID SMITH

I don't watch much TV.
DAVID SMITH

Contrascam, Olliegate, president-bashing, Iranamok-place any person or group in Column A, and the dr...
DAVID SMITH

The acquisition of the Gannett stations strengthens station clusters in the Northeast and the Midwes...
DAVID SMITH

I'm cautiously optimistic. We have some really good sauces going up. We've been experimenting for ab...
DAVID SMITH

The Web is achieving critical mass from a consumer standpoint. And the advertisers are following the...
DAVID SMITH

Attack the Blue
DAVID SMITH

Coming to an ocean near you
DAVID SMITH

Sir, we as coalition forces ... have taken a supporting role only as they prepare to execute this re...
DAVID SMITH

Anywhere on the island you can stop and see these ants swarming around, and if you sit down and try ...
DAVID SMITH

I'm not a rat, and I just didn't want to get involved.
DAVID SMITH

We sang every one of the operettas -- straight through -- when we were in Rockville, Maryland, ... W...
DAVID SMITH

We made clear that we were concerned about the perception of an agreement with the AFA. The percepti...
DAVID SMITH

The Lumina and the Monte Carlo are selling extremely well; they are made in Canada.
DAVID SMITH

They are overestimating the anti-gay sentiment in their own organization and the country.
DAVID SMITH

It's the season to scam, gate, bash and amokize every noun around Washington.
DAVID SMITH

I was interested in the nuts and bolts of its chemistry, the thermodynamics. I learned to blow glass...
DAVID SMITH

Coming to a blue ocean near you
DAVID SMITH

I think the Damon Estate would really like to protect the valley, to leave it behind as a legacy for...
DAVID SMITH

It's nothing against those schools at all. Coaches just would rather take a 10-minute drive to play....
DAVID SMITH

Clemson is just an overall great school. I love everything about the school grade wise, and the offe...
DAVID SMITH

You guys have a great set of coaches here, and the foundation has been started. Berkeley may not hav...
DAVID SMITH

I used to tell people that eight o'clock was eight o'clock, no matter where you were in South Caroli...
DAVID SMITH

The significance of these firings is that we can now take selected ST Kinetics commercially availabl...
DAVID SMITH

I don't know if more things could have gone wrong at the beginning of the game. But the girls respon...
DAVID SMITH

Every district game is critical and will prove to be exciting. We were highly competitive in every g...
DAVID SMITH

He was a very low-key guy, but he really knew a lot of people. He was a legitimately nice person.
DAVID SMITH

He's thinking more with his heart than with his brain.
DAVID SMITH

Crook also impressed me moving the ball. That's the first time we've taken a team out of a press.
DAVID SMITH

When you're fitter, you feel better, and you're more able to concentrate in the office, but not ever...
DAVID SMITH

This guy came in and looked just like some character I had in my script.
DAVID SMITH

I went to see what was going on. I seen him standing on the reef, waist deep in water. He yelled, he...
DAVID SMITH

They told us they had parking issues and we said we had 5.5 acres they were welcome to use to solve ...
DAVID SMITH

Ford's action is a positive outcome that represents a victory for fairness and equality. Ford has se...
DAVID SMITH

Due to a combination of outsourcing and infighting, senior IT directors were moved sideways during t...
DAVID SMITH

There's literature to support the fact that these ants have eliminated the bird nesting on other isl...
DAVID SMITH

The survey showed that 75% of businesses saying they were struggling to cope with change.
DAVID SMITH

I wonder how many people have heard of ECMA? I wonder how many people make actions based on ECMA? Fo...
DAVID SMITH

It's extremely frustrating to sit around and look at the slopes and see dry grass where typically th...
DAVID SMITH

I couldn't think of a meaner thing that could happen.
DAVID SMITH

Very apprehensive, you just don't know what to expect.
DAVID SMITH

Sea 'n' Beyond
DAVID SMITH

You don't need to do that with [radio waves]. The beam divergence is sufficiently large that if you ...
DAVID SMITH

GM stockpiled a lot of pieces, but that can only last so long,
DAVID SMITH

We found about 0.07 micrograms of cocaine per milliliter in her system and it had been there at leas...
DAVID SMITH

We sang every one of the operettas -- straight through -- when we were in Rockville, Maryland. We sa...
DAVID SMITH

GM stockpiled a lot of pieces, but that can only last so long.
DAVID SMITH

People who think they know it all, are especially annoying to those of us who do!
DAVID SMITH

It's a much bigger deal for the computer makers than it is for anybody else.
DAVID SMITH

It started as an idea, and my professor liked it. She allowed me to take two more classes to develop...
DAVID SMITH

He's thinking more with his heart than with his brain.
DAVID SMITH

It's amazing just watching the expression on their faces when they get it up in the air. It's worth ...
DAVID SMITH

The people that have inherited that money have yet to really prove themselves as givers on the same ...
DAVID SMITH

I think the wise and strategic thing to do is to have a two-track policy,
DAVID SMITH

My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my ...
EMMITT SMITH

In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up i...
ZADIE SMITH

I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.
WILL SMITH

I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood.
WILL SMITH

When you create art, the world has to wait.
WILL SMITH

I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.
WILL SMITH

In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.
WILL SMITH

You can cry, ain't no shame in it.
WILL SMITH

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly abo...
WILL SMITH

I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and ...
WILL SMITH

I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like ...
WILL SMITH

We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell,...
WILL SMITH

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

I want the world to be better because I was here.
WILL SMITH

So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.
WILL SMITH

Life is lived on the edge.
WILL SMITH

If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who d...
WILL SMITH

The first step is you have to say that you can.
WILL SMITH

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
ALEXANDER SMITH

Young people understand the world. They should be listened to on matters of politics and world organ...
ZADIE SMITH

Don't confuse honours with achievement.
ZADIE SMITH

If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn't be at all sure I did,...
ZADIE SMITH

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.
ZADIE SMITH

I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fonde...
ZADIE SMITH

There is a kind of desperate need for somebody to tell everyone what to do, which I find really pecu...
ZADIE SMITH

When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everythin...
ZADIE SMITH

If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautio...
ZADIE SMITH

I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simpl...
ZADIE SMITH

I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups m...
ZADIE SMITH

Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found ...
ZADIE SMITH

I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of bein...
ZADIE SMITH

Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong s...
ZADIE SMITH

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

You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equa...
ZADIE SMITH

The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist...
ZADIE SMITH

It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ...
ZADIE SMITH

The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.
ZADIE SMITH

Oh no, the dead have risen and they're voting Republican.
YEARDLEY SMITH

A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.
YEARDLEY SMITH

Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
YEARDLEY SMITH

Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sport...
YEARDLEY SMITH

You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
YEARDLEY SMITH

My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband...
TASHA SMITH

I have never felt anchored when it comes to fashion. I've always had to depend on a stylist help...
TASHA SMITH

I would rather do surrogacy before adopting. If I can't do it, I'd rather find someone who w...
TASHA SMITH

We in this entertainment industry try to act like we're so super powerful. we're not being h...
TASHA SMITH

Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't wan...
TASHA SMITH

I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a...
TASHA SMITH

Angela Bassett is a friend of mine and someone who I truly admire tremendously in terms of her work ...
TASHA SMITH

When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within t...
TASHA SMITH

I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great opti...
TASHA SMITH

There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of ...
TASHA SMITH

There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I c...
TASHA SMITH

Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he&...
TASHA SMITH

I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
TASHA SMITH

Rather than looking for explanations for why all people deserve to be treated with compassion and respect, we ought to be working at creating a world in which people are treated with compassion and respect. Human rights aren’t lying around waiting to be discovered. They’re made, not found.

David Livingstone Smith

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