Instead Quotes
6491 Instead quotes by 3769 unique authors
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Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that…
— Confucius
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We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about -…
— Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.
— Stephen Covey
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There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
— Marie Curie
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Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and…
— Salvador Dali
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Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying a whole album,…
— Dimebag Darrell
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This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own…
— Artur Davis
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I think anybody who wants to be president has to be a politician, but I would like to find somebody who's coming from a loving…
— Ellen DeGeneres
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The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling…
— Howard Dean
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Classic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a…
— Zooey Deschanel
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I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.
— Gail Devers
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What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.
— Cameron Diaz
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I think there's something really painful about your identity being entirely composed of ghosts. For me, I didn't want to be this kid whose Dominicanness…
— Junot Diaz
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical…
— Benjamin Disraeli
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I've been into the habit of freezing white grapes and using them as a snack. Instead of eating peanuts or popcorn or something like that…
— Mike Ditka
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Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with…
— Beth Ditto
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In terms of playing ability there is nothing to choose between number one and 100. Instead, it's a question of who believes and who wants…
— Novak Djokovic
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There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
— Rita Dove
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Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get…
— Rita Dove
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Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.
— Peter Drucker
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The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want…
— David Duchovny
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What are you going to do if it's the end of the world? You better go out having fun instead of stressing about it.
— Kirsten Dunst
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I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.
— Kirsten Dunst
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I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making…
— Robert Duvall
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A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of the raped, the…
— Andrea Dworkin
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