Instead Quotes

6491 quotes by 4013 authors

The reaction against your own thought in itself lends life to thought. How this reaction is born is hard to describe, because it identifies with… — Emile M. Cioran
I have made revenue collection a frontline institution because it is the one which can emancipate us from begging. If we can get about 22%… — Yoweri Museveni
We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant. — Julius Nyerere
I'm not lazy. I'm just really gifted, only instead of being good at music or math I'm good at sleeping late. — Elizabeth Jane Howard
I got the impression that instead of going out to shoot birds, I should go out and shoot the kids who shoot birds. — Paul Watson
In other words, let's give our young women the right weapons to fight with as they charge naked into battle, instead of ordering them to… — Amanda Palmer
You have to become the 'first of yourself' instead of trying to become the second of anyone. — BoA
I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one. — L. Frank Baum
I was shocked at college to see one hundred of my classmates in the library all reading copies of the same book. Instead of doing… — John Cage
Good Lord, I don't know what 'rights' a man has! And I don't know the solution of boredom. If I did, I'd be the one… — Sinclair Lewis
It is insufficient for architecture today to directly implement an existing building typology; it instead requires architects to carefully examine the whole area with new… — Zaha Hadid
And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes… — Jacky Ickx
It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be… — Wangari Maathai
And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent friends instead of… — Elvis Costello
What wise God would consign a man to Hell for ignorance, instead of teaching him better in the afterlife? — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations instead… — Alan Dean Foster
We came here to a country that was populated by Arabs and we are building here a Hebrew, a Jewish state; instead of the Arab… — Moshe Dayan
And if there is still one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, instead of being like victims… — Antonin Artaud
But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube — Bill Sienkiewicz
The safe and cultural method of eating crackers in bed is to wear a diver's suit instead of pajamas. — Basil Wolverton

Who Wrote These Instead Quotes

4,013 authors contributed a total of 6,491 Instead Quotes, led by these top contributors: