James K.A. Smith quote: "We have created youth ministry that confuses extroversion with faithfulness. We have effectively communicated to young people that sincerely following Jesus is synonymous with being 'fired up' for Jesus, with being excited for Jesus, as if discipleship were synonymous with fostering an exuberant, perky, cheerful, hurray-for-Jesus disposition like what we might find in the glee club or at a pep rally."

If I have so far argued that Foucault is a kind of closet liberal and thus deeply modern, I need to ...
JAMES K.A. SMITH

What’s wrong is that every morning and every night, I lie in bed wondering why you’re not beside...
K.A. TUCKER

Did I think he was “the one?” Iʼll never know. At sixteen, everyone is “the one.
K.A. TUCKER

Jack: "..You were the only one I saw when I closed my eyes"
Lexi: "Then why wasn't I enough w...
K.A. LINDE

There’s the feisty bitch I know and love. Now come on, it’s time to show Jai and his prick of a ...
K.A. CROSS

I’ve lived what feels like a thousand years to feel your kiss but my little mate, I’m in charge....
K.A. CROSS

The incapable educational system, my mother and I were embroiled in a vicious cycle of negativity. W...
K.A. HILL

Teach knowledge passionately; share knowledge earnestly; for, eventually, it will come back to you c...
K.A. BUCK

A good book is like really loved item at a really good restaurant, every time you go there you order...
K.A CAMERON

I can’t believe I’ve missed this sport. It’s all about fingering holes and caressing balls.
K.A. MITCHELL

Just breathe," my mom would say, "Ten tiny breaths... Seize them. Feel them. Love them.
K.A. TUCKER

The only thing more powerful than words
- is the Author who chooses them.
K.A. GUNN

So does that mean if you won’t fuck me because I’m high, I could fuck you because you’re not?
K.A. MITCHELL

Some are born brilliant, some have brilliance thrust upon them -- and others cower in the dark cryin...
K.A. LAITY

We have one precious life: do something extraordinary today, even if it's tiny. A pebble starts the ...
K.A. LAITY

This bulletin brought to you from the Department of Duh.
K.A. MITCHELL

Just breathe. Ten tiny breaths … Seize them. Feel them. Love them.
K.A. TUCKER

Warning: Contains old friends, old enemies, a dramatic cat rescue, soft drink references and a lot o...
K.A. MITCHELL

No human can bury their past indefinitely. It’s only a matter of time before you crack.
K.A. TUCKER

I appreciate the fact that you have one redeeming quality, Jack, but that is all it is. Just a hint ...
K.A. LINDE

I could lay here and stare at him forever. I don’t want to let go. Ever.
K.A. TUCKER

I think I’m going to fall in love with this man.
K.A. TUCKER

I can feel his very existence as if it's wrapping its hand around my soul, cradling it, trying to pr...
K.A. TUCKER

And you must be Princess Mia? I've heard about you."

Her lips pucker and she leans out ju...
K.A. TUCKER

What if he's a psychopath who tries to stuff kittens in ATMs?
K.A. TUCKER

I should stalk over there and pee around his table to stake my claim. Wait...what? Jeez, Kacey.
K.A. TUCKER

I barrel into his arms, my mouth connecting with his. Seizing him. Feeling him. Loving him.
K.A. TUCKER

Do You think it matters if they're tiny or deep? he asked. Well, if they're not tiny breaths and the...
K.A. TUCKER

Forever’s a long time.” Trent’s arms squeeze around me. “Forever’s not long enough when it...
K.A. TUCKER

Hope. Hope that something beautiful may come from this tragic story.
Fear. Fear that it won’t...
K.A. TUCKER

Trent has kept his promise. He makes me smile every day.
K.A. TUCKER

Out past isn't who we are. I'm me and you're you and that's who we need to be.
K.A. TUCKER

You don't want me, Ben. I'm seven layers of fucked up with a side of bullshit.
K.A. TUCKER

I'll make you whole again, Kacey. I promise you, I will.
K.A. TUCKER

Isn't it exhausting?"
"What?"
"Keeping people out.
K.A. TUCKER

I want to make you smile. For real. Always. We're going to go for dinners, and see movies, and walk ...
K.A. TUCKER

I don't hate you. I could never hate you. Give me your heart, Kacey. I'll take everything that comes...
K.A. TUCKER

Mia bows dramatically. “Welcome, kind Sir. Princess Mia has been awaiting your presence.
K.A. TUCKER

Yeah,Livie?”
“How do you figure out the right way to live your life?” There’s a long pa...
K.A. TUCKER

I set the water to its hottest setting, wishing it was labeled, “boil the hell out of any living o...
K.A. TUCKER

What were you thinking?”

“Not much, clearly.”I hear the exasperation in Kacey’s v...
K.A. TUCKER

The officer asks me if I want to press charges against Trent and I glare at him like he’s grown an...
K.A. TUCKER

We are simply two good people with equally flawed pasts, looking for perfect futures. And I think we...
K.A. TUCKER

See that stream over there?" I stretch an arm to point out the small branch coming off the lake. "It...
K.A. TUCKER

Must have been some kind a nightmare.”
“Yeah,” I answer, my usual calm, vacant voice retu...
K.A. TUCKER

There’s no getting better, Storm. This is it.” There’s no coming back from the dead.
K.A. TUCKER

Society is better off with me in a gym.
K.A. TUCKER

Now that I’ve come to terms with the fact that the bastard is going to affect me whether I like it...
K.A. TUCKER

And there's nowhere I'd rather be than with you.
K.A. TUCKER

I crave his presence, his body, his voice, his laugh, his everything.
I need him.
I need T...
K.A. TUCKER

He leans in closer and closer until his breath caresses my mouth. I’m paralyzed. I swear he’s go...
K.A. TUCKER

Trent’s chest rises with a quick inhale as his hands lift to grab mine and pull them out, placing ...
K.A. TUCKER

There’s something different about him, and I don’t have to think hard to see it. Something about...
K.A. TUCKER

And if that’s all he’s looking for then we’ll set fire to his balls.”
“What?” Stor...
K.A. TUCKER

I mean, I love Barnes and Noble, I spend a lot of time at Barnes and Noble, but they do not have boo...
K.A. APPLEGATE

The macabre melodies were a surreal audible example of just who I’d been before and a stark contra...
K.A. HILL

The mortality rates among people around age 60 is about the same in both countries. But we don't do ...
JAMES SMITH

Midnight, yet not a nose From Tower Hill to Piccadilly snored!
JAMES SMITH

That's where I don't go, ... That's not a scientific question.
JAMES SMITH

The major event (of Greenspan's tenure) was making the stock market crash of 1987 be nothing but a l...
JAMES SMITH

He's a solid defensive player at third base. He's a good offensive hitter with a little pop to his b...
JAMES SMITH

I know of no better place to live in, and till the millennium comes, Stamford cannot be made a bette...
JAMES SMITH

Well, it's kind of uncomfortable. You got to put on sweatshirts or wrap up in plenty of covers. I th...
JAMES SMITH

While we still expect additional Warlock orders, continued delays in the receipt of such orders limi...
JAMES SMITH

But only after they apologize first for exercising their free speech, is that correct?
JAMES SMITH

Every kid in the family, besides Marvel, left the house by the age of 16. There was less stress livi...
JAMES SMITH

We were able to give several thousand people water and ice. We're hoping the supply will last seven ...
JAMES SMITH

I think almost every single house in Lamar County has damage. We just don't know the extent of the d...
JAMES SMITH

The benefits of this ruling will ripple across our communities by encouraging greater investment in ...
JAMES SMITH

In the name of the Prophet - figs.
JAMES SMITH

[The] play of limbs succeeds the play of wit.
JAMES SMITH

Hence, dear delusion, sweet enchantment hence!
JAMES SMITH

The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity.
JAMES SMITH

There is nothing in the world more powerful than an idea. No weapon can destroy it; no power can con...
JAMES R. SMITH

Like fashion, torture comes in a variety of styles.
JAMES MARSHALL SMITH

The apples that grew on the fruit-tree of knowledge By woman were pluck'd, and she still wears the...
HORACE SMITH AND JAMES SMITH

Hence, dear delusion, sweet enchantment hence! - Horace Smith and James Smith,
HORACE SMITH AND JAMES SMITH

The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity.
HORACE SMITH AND JAMES SMITH

Hail, glorious edifice, stupendous work! God bless the Regent, and the Duke of York.
HORACE SMITH AND JAMES SMITH

Midnight, yet not a nose From Tower Hill to Piccadilly snored!
HORACE SMITH AND JAMES SMITH

For dear is the Emerald Isle of the ocean, Whose daughters are fair as the foam of the wave, W...
HORACE SMITH AND JAMES SMITH

I saw them go; one horse was blind, The tails of both hung down behind, Their shoes were on th...
HORACE SMITH AND JAMES SMITH

Richie Rich, Keoki, Amanda LaPore are really successful. They've joined the culture at large.
JAMES ST. JAMES

I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek&#...
JAMES ST. JAMES

The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.
JAMES ST. JAMES

Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?
JAMES ST. JAMES

I would go to the all-night grocery store and pretend that I was at Studio 54 because it was the onl...
JAMES ST. JAMES

We danced on the lip of the volcano, so to speak. We were young, too. And New York was still a big, ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I'll always be a party monster. I'll always love getting dressed up.
JAMES ST. JAMES

As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
JAMES ST. JAMES

When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers...
JAMES ST. JAMES

Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.
JAMES ST. JAMES

There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free...
JAMES ST. JAMES

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

I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... wor...
TASHA SMITH

When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check whe...
TASHA SMITH

I'm a black woman who loves hair. I enjoy changing my hair, having fun with it - just hair! I go...
TASHA SMITH

No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say wha...
TASHA SMITH

I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got t...
TASHA SMITH

Anytime there's a God, there has to be a devil. And anytime there's good, there has to be ev...
TASHA SMITH

Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, ma...
TASHA SMITH

Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new ...
TASHA SMITH

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afrai...
TASHA SMITH

I think that it's the love of God that brings man into repentance. Once you embrace that love an...
TASHA SMITH

My sisters are amazing. My sister is my business partner, my twin. She's an amazing producer, wr...
TASHA SMITH

I don't think there are enough stories told about black men and their relationships and how they...
TASHA SMITH

Well, I asked him who would start the war first.
SAMANTHA SMITH

And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.
SAMANTHA SMITH

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.
SAMANTHA SMITH

He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.
SAMANTHA SMITH

Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth.
SAMANTHA SMITH

Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good.
SAMANTHA SMITH

God made the world for us to live together in peace and not fight.
SAMANTHA SMITH

The idea of having a house, a kid, a husband, and a dog... I love that. I also really want to open a...
SAM SMITH

I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
SAM SMITH

Even now I doubt myself. I don't understand what people hear in my voice. I can't hear it my...
SAM SMITH

I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys&...
SAM SMITH

Talking about my deepest and darkest secrets to the world makes me feel better. It's cathartic.
SAM SMITH

I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a ...
SAM SMITH

I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
SAM SMITH

It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
SAM SMITH

As a kid, I collected 'Vogue' every month for three years.
SAM SMITH

I don't want to think about what I'm doing in 20 years. All I want is I want to be happy, an...
SAM SMITH

I used to get very angry as I was getting older, because my voice was breaking. So I've trained ...
SAM SMITH

If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of do...
SAM SMITH

'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we&...
SAM SMITH

I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
SAM SMITH

Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-ni...
SAM SMITH

It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
SAM SMITH

When it comes to age, I just feel like puberty is, like, the most horrible time of anyone's life...
SAM SMITH

I don't understand why you have to wear a wedding ring to warn people off. You should be able to...
SAM SMITH

I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'T...
SAM SMITH

When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so ...
SAM SMITH

My cross earrings are a mini statement; I wear them every day! My whole dream is to be iconic, and t...
SAM SMITH

I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
SAM SMITH

My plan is just to love harder than I've ever loved before, hide nothing, and embrace that I'...
SAM SMITH

Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.
LIZ SMITH

My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?
MARGARET SMITH

There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doin...
WILL SMITH

The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in ...
WALTER SMITH

There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
WALTER SMITH

From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football ...
WALTER SMITH

Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
WALTER SMITH

I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attent...
WALTER SMITH

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