Colin S. Smith Quotes

Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped

Colin S. Smith

• Idolatry
• Saint Augustine

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• One should always be happy, irrespective of what you achieve in a match or in life. That's how I live my life.

  

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• The God you worship will shape the values you hold, and the values you hold will shape the lifestyle that you choose.

  

  Colin S. Smith
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• Age can be wonderful for red wine, but not for spacecraft.

  

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• The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

  

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• In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.

  

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• It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

  

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• I'm very, very specific about sneakers. I've always been a fan. It's not just certain brands, it's also the model of the shoe, the cut of the shoe, the colorway of the shoe. Someone will say, "Hey, this is the Air Jordan this." And I'm like, "Yeah, but that's not as rare as this Air Jordan, in this colorway." It gets very specific - it's the make, the model, the colorway. As a kid, I always wanted to have sneakers, but I didn't always get the ones that I wanted. So now, I'm reliving my childhood through my feet.

  

  Hasan Minhaj
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• Idolatry is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that is meant to be worshipped.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Used
  • Ought
  • Idolatry

• Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • God
  • Mad
  • Idolatry

• Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped

  

  Colin S. Smith
  • Idolatry
  • Saint Augustine