Imitating Quotes

104 quotes by 101 authors

I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework. — Bil Keane
I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate… — Charles Kuralt
For years I thought my assignment or the Church's assignment was to articulate the Gospel and nothing more. Now I believe that if we don't… — Max Lucado
The corporate woman has been defined as the 'liberated woman' and I see that as the exact opposite. I think she now is more enslaved,… — Kenny Loggins
A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. — Don Marquis
Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned… — Viggo Mortensen
If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but… — David Ogilvy
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what… — Plutarch
Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is… — Marquis de Sade
They're stealing my ideas. They're imitating my shots. — David O. Selznick
Yes, I think I have the best swing on the Tour. Why have scores comedown in the last ten years? Partly because they are imitating… — Lee Trevino
I've never really heard anybody imitating anything of mine the way they do with Edward Van Halen's stuff. — Steve Vai
To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds. — Gore Vidal
You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough.… — Miyamoto Musashi
Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the… — Hermann Hesse
I had all the characteristics of a human beingâ€”flesh, blood, skin, hairâ€”but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal ability… — Bret Easton Ellis
You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to… — John Berryman
I know a man who is in love with my friend. He loves her absolutely. The only thing he wants in return is for her… — Ilona Andrews
We don't need to shift our responsibilities onto the shoulders of some deified Spiritual Superman, or sit around and wait for Fate to come knocking… — Benjamin Hoff
Across from me at the next row of supports Jim raised his hand and touched his fingers to his thumb a few times, imitating an… — Ilona Andrews

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