Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.

“A counterfeit can never be a substitute for the real thing”

— Sipho Bayeto

What I don't believe is that DVDs or HD broadcasts can be a substitute for the real thing.

— Roger Allam

“A great deal of thought is only a substitute for the thoughts that the individual would really find useful at the time.”

— Idries Shah

“The way to get rid of darkness is with light; the way to overcome cold is with heat; the way to overcome the negative…

— Joseph Murphy

An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.

— Jef Mallett

Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and has powers of reality.

— Frank Herbert

We must have the real thing before we can have a science of a thing.

— James Anthony Froude

I feel that we have some opportunity in North America to go back and say the American Revolution was the real thing.

— Murray Bookchin

The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing, it is the thing to watch over and care for and be…

— Mark Twain

Does the real thing ever have the perfection of a stage performance?

— Agatha Christie

The one real thing that money buys - Time.

— Marita Bonner

The real thing is that sweet joy you feel when you're in the midst of it.

— Jan Phillips

And the real thing can kill you whether you believe in it or not.

— R. A. Salvatore

Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing.

— A. O. Scott

I would like to get married, actually. I've done everything else in my life now except that, but where do I find the real…

— Aviv Nevo