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Instance Quotes by Daniel Handler
- Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make - bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake - if you make even…
- Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances. Stealing…
- It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something…
- For some stories, it's easy. The moral of 'The Three Bears,' for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house.' The moral of 'Snow White'…
- In love, as in life, one misheard word can be tremendously important. If you tell someone you love them, for instance, you must be absolutely…
- The right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing†is a phrase that refers to times when people ought to know, but don’t know,…
- But the law is an odd thing. For instance, one country in Europe has a law that requires all its bakers to sell bread at…
- Simply put, dramatic irony is when a person makes a harmless remark, and someone else who hears it knows something that makes the remark have…
- The expression "following suit" is a curious one, because it has nothing to do with walking behind a matching set of clothing. If you follow…
- If you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever, and the trick is to succumb to…
- If you don’t care about something, one way to demonstrate your feelings is to say the word and then repeat the word with the letters…
- There are many reasons, of course, why someone might snap their fingers and grin. If you heard some pleasing music, for instance, you might snap…
- 13. 99 percent is a very large percentage. For instance, easily 99 percent of people want a roof over their heads, food on their tables,…
- It is true, of course, that there is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason…
- I am certain that over the course of your own life, you have noticed that people's rooms reflect their personalities. In my room, for instance,…
More Instance Quotes
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his… — Samuel Adams
- An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare… — Felix Adler
- Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. — Sidney Altman
- There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war. — Saul Bellow
- You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are… — Hans Bender
- You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance… — Gael Garcia Bernal