Quotes About Smoke Screens

#1. Peter was the current someone she used to keep from relying on herself, the crutch to hold on to, to promise herself that if she only had him to love, she would have it all come together. Why did she keep throwing men up as smoke screens between herself and herself?

Barbara Howar

#2. Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

Dale Carnegie

#3. Constrain the user's expectations to match the abilities of the software.

Bruce Tognazzini

#4. Alas, Abdullah and Pari, Baba Ayub's days of happiness came to an end.

Khaled Hosseini

#5. But then all writers smoke, don't they? And drink? And sit in front of computer screens till their arteries clog and muscles atrophy?

T.C. Boyle

#6. This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in athletics who have died are 300-pound guys. There are so many different reasons.

Steve Mariucci

#7. 'Fringe' was the first time I realized that I could ever man up in a character and make this transition from being a boy or a young man into actually being a man.

Seth Gabel

#8. Lord, I lean on You alone for strength. Give me your arm to support me, your shoulders to carry me, your breast on which to lay my head, your Cross to uphold me, your Eucharist to nourish me. On you Lord, I shall sleep and rest in peace.

Rose Philippine Duchesne

#9. He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.

Florence King

#10. I used to really want to go on the stage and then the last couple of years I've done some presenting at some award shows. I was so nervous I thought I was going to be sick, so I don't think me on stage for any length of time would work too well.

Kate Bosworth

#11. And knowing what happens on average is a good place to start. By so doing, we insulate ourselves from the tendency to build our thinking - our daily decisions, our laws, our governance - on exceptions and anomalies rather than on reality

Steven D. Levitt

#12. I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in that historical period. What would they eat? What kind of clothing would they wear? How did they shelter themselves? How did they get around?

James Welch

#13. I think everybody's got a presentation. Everybody looks a certain way because they want to convey a certain image. You look a certain way because you want people to listen to you in a certain way.

Marilyn Manson

#14. Greater than all the joys
Of heaven and earth,
Greater still than dominion
Over all the worlds,
Is the joy of reaching the stream.

Gautama Buddha

#15. As long as you have hope, you can survive any harsh condition.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#16. If you're on the varsity team, the responsibilities are a lot bigger and there's more stress, but you also walk around feeling probably like you can hold your head high.

Damien Chazelle

#17. CinderHeart: You're the one that changed every thing.
LoinBlaze: No. This was all decided before I was born.

Erin Hunter