Imitated Quotes

50 quotes by 49 authors

No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody. — William James
Genius gives birth, talent delivers. What Rembrandt or Van Gogh saw in the night can never be seen again. Born writers of the future are… — Jack Kerouac
Serious or trivial, his daily behavior has instituted a canon which millions observe this day with conscious memory. No one regarded by any section of… — David George Hogarth
The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even - if you will - eccentricity. That is, something that can't be… — Joseph Brodsky
What will be the crown of those who, humble within and humiliated without, have imitated the humility of our Savior in all its fullness! — Bernadette Soubirous
But the greatest obstacle of all to the successful prosecution of a new branch of industry in a country, in which it was before unknown,… — Alexander Hamilton
I imagined that if the surface of the package imitated the colour and texture of the fruit skin, then the object would reproduce the feeling… — Naoto Fukasawa
All of the elements of the comic way tend to spread to others, insinuating joy where it was previously absent. Conversation has a way of… — Joseph Rusling Meeker
Emotion should not be rendered by an excited trembling; it can neither be added on nor be imitated. It is the seed, the work is… — Georges Braque
Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these fail to realize… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none. — FranÃ§ois-RenÃ© de Chateaubriand
We may as well face it: the whole level of spirituality among us is low. We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. — Emile de Girardin
The thirst for vengeance was the beautiful nature which Homer imitated — Johann Georg Hamann
I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments. — Evan Parker
The extent of his influence across jazz, across American music, and around the world has such continuing stature that he is one of the few… — Stanley Crouch
I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone — Dom DeLuise
Both dance and dream are brought into being by the consciousness of a moment. They can never be repeated or successfully imitated. But you can… — Lyall Watson
We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a clock. — Mark Twain
Every man possesses that which is according to the image of God, for the gifts of God are irrevocable (Rom. 11:29). But only a few… — John of Damascus

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