Instance You Quotes
19 quotes by 15 authors
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Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east so that you would be…
— Michael Dorris
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Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for instance -you can…
— David Byrne
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When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he…
— Anton Chekhov
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People's destinies are so different. Some people drag along, unnoticed and boring—they're all alike, and they're all unhappy. Then there are others, like for instance…
— Anton Chekhov
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If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine gun…
— Lee Kuan Yew
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If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play…
— Kurt Masur
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The capacity for friendship usually goes with highly developed civilizations. The ability to cultivate people differs by culture and class; but on the whole, educated…
— Margaret Mead
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If you play a part that's been done before, on stage for instance, you feel like you're carrying a torch and staggering under the weight…
— Samuel West
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There are only a few safe targets left, just a few groups of people you can say anything negative about without getting in trouble for…
— Andy Rooney
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Some makeup companies have really good recycling policies, and it's worth finding out whether your favourites are among them. With MAC, for instance, you can…
— Beth Ditto
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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…
— Daniel Handler
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There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is a prison. But…
— George Bernard Shaw
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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…
— Daniel Handler
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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,…
— Daniel Handler
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I think the function of suffering is to let me know that my perception is skewed; what I’m doing is judging natural events in such…
— Hubert Selby, Jr.
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I don't mean to be insolent. I'm truthful. I tell the truth and the truth sometimes hurts. For instance, you have bad breath, Lieutenant. I…
— Robert Cormier
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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…
— Daniel Handler
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I learned by listening to other people sing and doing impressions of them. And there are things no one can ever teach you, like phrasing.…
— Frankie Valli
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You are only able to do what you can now because of what you learned. For instance, you only recognize a friend when she walks…
— Melchor Lim
Who Wrote These Instance You Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 19 Instance You Quotes as follows: