Imitation Quotes

411 quotes by 313 authors

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. — Marcus Aurelius
Imitation is the sincerest form of show business. — Roseanne Barr
The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings. — Theodor Adorno
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. — Aesop
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. — Joyce Brothers
There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original. — Judith Butler
Imitation is the sincerest form of television. — Fred Allen
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. — Jean Cocteau
Comforts that were rare among our forefathers are now multiplied in factories and handed out wholesale; and indeed, nobody nowadays, so long as he is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on;… — Florence Nightingale
The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. "Written", perhaps, is… — Swami Vivekananda
Religion is not an imitation of Jesus or Mohammed. Even if an imitation is good, it is never genuine. Be not an imitation of Jesus,… — Swami Vivekananda
When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation causes a human… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship. — Wendell Phillips
During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us,… — Philip Neri
There are three ways of learning golf: by study, which is the most wearisome; by imitation, which is the most fallacious; and by experience, which… — Robert Browning
No one ever became great by imitation. — Samuel Johnson

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