Example Quotes

2828 quotes by 2145 authors

I've done smarter things in my life. Once, for example, I threw myself out of a moving car in order to take on a truckload… — Jim Butcher
Hugh consoled me, saying, "Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at." When asked for some examples, he listed… — David Sedaris
I had been a girl of whom certain things were expected, none of them too bad: a career as a nurse, for example; a sense… — Jamaica Kincaid
Restrooms at gas stations were an unpleasant and shocking surprise; I had never considered the serious drawbacks of such lazily-cleaned rooms. I was completely unable… — Rachel Caine
That as people age, accumulate more and more private experiences, their sense of history tightens, narrows, becomes more personal? So that to the extent that… — David Foster Wallace
Sometimes we need a personal crisis to reinforce in our minds what we really value and cherish. The scriptures are filled with examples of people… — M. Russell Ballard
The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said. Looking for metaphors, for example:… — Jorge Luis Borges
It is good to LOOK to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the FUTURE. It is good to look upon… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I used to believe, although I don't now, that growing and growing up are analogous, that both are inevitable and uncontrollable processes. Now it seems… — Nick Hornby
I gave examples from my clinical practice of how love was not wholly a thought or feeling. I told of how that very evening there… — M. Scott Peck
My world got very big, very fast, and based on a lot of sad examples from the past, a lot of people expect me to… — Justin Bieber
Look at me! I'm big! I'm strong! I'm a superior example of froghood and capable of protecting us both! — E.D. Baker
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction. — Malcolm Gladwell
Dogs are a gift to mankind. They are happy and joyful and loyal by nature. They are pure, positive energy and teach by example. That… — Alyson Noel
Belief sloshes around in the firmament like lumps of clay spiralling into a potter's wheel. That's how gods get created, for example. They clearly must… — Terry Pratchett
Look at Charlie Brown's face. Would you please hold still a minute Charlie Brown? I want Linus to study your face. Now this is what… — Charles M. Schulz
I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example... — Aldous Huxley
If we are to have a culture as resilient and competent in the face of necessity as it needs to be, then it must somehow… — Wendell Berry
If you're worried about safety, you might like to follow my example and put on that seat belt." "The what?" Xavier shook his head in… — Alexandra Adornetto
Christmas poem to a man in jail hello Bill Abbott: I appreciate your passing around my books in jail there, my poems and stories. if… — Charles Bukowski

Who Wrote These Example Quotes

2,145 authors contributed a total of 2,828 Example Quotes, led by these top contributors: