L. Neil Smith Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		Worse than thieves, murderers, or cannibals, those who offer compromise slow you and sap your vitality while pretending to be your friends. They are not your friends. Compromisers are the enemies of all humanity, the enemies of life itself. Compromisers are the enemies of everything important, sacred, and true.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				L. Neil Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
	Quotes to Explore 
		
	
		
	
	
	
	
		Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naval Ravikant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Saad Hariri 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ralph Marston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Randy Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Especially for me, growing up in such a small town in the middle of nowhere, the desire to be away was incredible. I wanted to see new lands, meet new people from the city, and meet people that were in much less fortunate situations than I was, so that I could be more appreciative of my present. At least I had food on the table. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garrett Hedlund 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Gropius 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orson Welles 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think good and evil are polarized. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Mendes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a character's hand and really feeling like your job is to rescue this person, and establishing a personal connection. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Spector 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Warren Buffett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eddie Murphy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hal Holbrook 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		People have got to let their bodies breathe a little bit more. That's the great thing about being a pompous, jumped-up rock god. There's plenty of air around you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Robert Plant 
			 
			
				Led Zeppelin  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a professional model, but I still take crappy selfies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lucky Blue Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love fashion; I adore it. I love the madness of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Keeley Hawes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be patient? That's all you've got for me?" Steve complained ten minutes later. Kylie glanced up at Perry, circling them as they sat behind the office, and then frowned at Steve. "I don't know why everyone thinks I'm the love guru. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Christie Craig 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I draft tweets, like, 20 times. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maisie Williams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Worse than thieves, murderers, or cannibals, those who offer compromise slow you and sap your vitality while pretending to be your friends. They are not your friends. Compromisers are the enemies of all humanity, the enemies of life itself. Compromisers are the enemies of everything important, sacred, and true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				L. Neil Smith