Instance Quotes

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But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me. — Jack Vance
The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not malleable; he may… — Ayn Rand
To find this greater truth about God, Spirit, and the sacred, we must often set aside the limiting impressions from our childhood. In many instances… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which… — Richard Whately
Mr. Darwin contributes some striking and ingenious instances of the way in which the principle partially affects the chain, or rather network of life, even… — Richard Owen
Now that is the wisdom of a man, in every instance of his labor, to hitch his wagon to a star, and see his chore… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance? — Wallace Shawn
Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff Ryman's 'The Child Garden' is… — David Gemmell
Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the annexation [of Texas] was consummated or not; but not so all of them. For myself,… — Ulysses S. Grant
I discovered ... that a novel has nothing to do with words in the first instance. Writing a novel is a cosmological matter, like the… — Umberto Eco
Sometimes I long so much to do landscape, just as one would go for a long walk to refresh oneself, and in all of nature,… — Vincent Van Gogh
But when Warren has spoken on national security, she has invariably spouted warmed-over, banal Democratic hawk tripe of the kind that she just recited about… — Glenn Greenwald
If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger. — Andy Summers
No wise man will go to live in the country, unless he has something to do which can be better done in the country. For… — Samuel Johnson
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be abused… — George Washington
The psychedelic experience is simply a compressed instance of what we call understanding, so that living psychedelically is trying to live in an atmosphere of… — Terence McKenna
Every instance since the beginning of time has been a coincidence: A leaf in a tree embodies the combined efforts of the earth, water, wind,… — Deepak Chopra
When you pray either aloud or to yourself for others ? for instance, for the members of your household or for strangers, even though they… — John of Kronstadt
Science, art, learning and metaphysical research all have their proper functions in life, but if you seek to blend them, you destroy their individual characteristics… — Swami Vivekananda
I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais… — Adolf Anderssen

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