[Walt] Whitman and [humanist educator John] Dewey tried to substitute hope for knowledge. They wanted to put shared utopian dreams - dreams… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought. — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The news automatically becomes the real world for the TV user and is not a substitute for reality, but is itself an… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Childhood has it's own way of seeing, thinking, and feeling, and nothing is more foolish than to try to substitute ours for… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I guess each of us, at some time, finds one person with whom we are compelled towards absolute honesty, one person whose… — Glen Cook Copy Share Image
More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When a thing is bought not for its use but for its costliness, cheapness is no recommendation. As Sismondi remarks, the consequence… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If the technology hadn't changed, they [newspapers] would still be great businesses. Network TV [in its heyday], anyone could run and do… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Relevance is not a substitute for the Gospel, but an entry point for it — Edward John Carnell Copy Share Image
If all issues are personalized, we lose our capacity to entertain ideas, to generalize from our own or someone else's experiences, to… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
To someone like Zurbaran, who paints still lifes, lemons and pears are the objects of art. But to the electronics engineer who… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures… — Bill Griffith Copy Share Image
A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you need. — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
The Government as Substitute Husband did for women what labor unions still have not accomplished for men. And men pay dues for… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Philosophy arises from an unusually obstinate attempt to arrive at real knowledge. What passes for knowledge in ordinary life suffers from three… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The severity of penalties is only a vain resource, invented by little minds in order to substitute terror for that respect which… — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image