Alexander McCall Smith Quotes

Each of us is born into our own mysteries…but the mystery of another might just take us in and embrace us. And then what a sense of homecoming, of belonging!

Alexander McCall Smith

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• One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • God
  • Believe
  • Truth

• While most philanthropists tend to flock together and build their teams around friends, family, or others who happen to be retired or with a lot of free time on their hands, a great entrepreneur knows that success is directly related to the quality and talents of their team.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Time
  • Great
  • Family

• I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Running
  • Morning
  • Look

• I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary from artist to artist from musician to performer to vocalist. I thrive on creativity. So in the long run I want to be an all around entertainer.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • Different
  • Long
  • Creativity

• Most of the musical film work that I have done has been in this realm of what I think of as real family entertainment.

  

  Jason Alexander
  • Work
  • Real
  • Family

• I was always searching for something bigger, faster and better, and Slayer came up with that.

  

  Daron Malakian System Of A Down
  • Up

• I think people take the word 'feminist' really seriously, and I think people are scared to use that word.

  

  Rita Ora
  • People
  • Feminist

• If you're not willing to work, you're never going to be able to experience the American Dream.

  

  Jim Jordan
  • Work
  • Experience
  • American

• The attack on the transgender troops - disgusting, disgraceful, outrageous. It's just endless. And then you try to do your day job of finding good bipartisan work across the aisle... You're doing both all the time. I guess I would describe it as intense. Everything is very intense.

  

  Kirsten Gillibrand
  • Time
  • Good
  • Work

• There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose.

  

  James Gray
  • Purpose
  • English
  • Romantic

• There's this misconception out there that at any level of celebrity, you have someone to do hair and makeup when you're out touring, but no, it is just not the case. I do it all myself.

  

  Kelsea Ballerini
  • Hair
  • Makeup
  • Celebrity

• The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated, is inherently risky.

  

  James Surowiecki
  • Business

• Bollywood being Bollywood, you hear promises all the time.

  Jacqueline Fernandez
  • Time

• I believe that I'm one of the best in the world at what I do, and that's all I've ever wanted to be.

  

  Frank Ocean
  • World
  • Believe

• I have a very fun husband. He's managed to hang on to every person he's known since grammar school.

  

  Kathleen Kennedy
  • School
  • Fun
  • Husband

• The Pentagon isn't a place that champions individuality and innovation.

  

  Aimee Mullins
  • Innovation

• I never play a villain that I don't have something I can either do or say so the audience sees there is something redeemable about them. In other words, I don't want to do evil for evil's sake. I don't want to do Jason slasher movies. There's no point in that.

  

  Brion James
  • Words
  • Evil

• Every married man who wants peace in the relationship, should learn the trick to avoid that one question - 'How is the food?'

  

  Emraan Hashmi
  • Food
  • Peace
  • Relationship

• I love disco and we sample it a lot for Duck Sauce. For me, that sound is kind of a new manifestation.

  

  Alain Macklovitch

• This is near enough true bliss.

  

  Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel
  • True

• I think there's a reason to go off and do something and experiment - splinter off and do something different. It keeps the nucleus of Fleetwood Mac fresh.

  

  Christine McVie Fleetwood Mac
  • Different

• Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?

  

  Halima Aden
  • Trying
  • School
  • Kids

• Football teams represent cities and colleges and schools. The people have built great stadiums, and the game is culturally intertwined with our calendar. We don't go back to college for the college. We go back for a football game, and, yes, we even call that 'homecoming.'

  

  Frank Deford
  • People
  • Great
  • Game

• Each of us is born into our own mysteries…but the mystery of another might just take us in and embrace us. And then what a sense of homecoming, of belonging!

  

  Alexander McCall Smith
  • Homecoming