Instead Quotes
6491 Instead quotes by 3769 unique authors
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Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers posed by the corporation, writing of the need to crush…
— Ben Manski
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Don't you ever wonder maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right you could be someone different?
— Marcel Proust
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Human beings are full of emotion, and the teacher who knows how to use it will have dedicated learners. It means sending dominant signals instead…
— Unknown Author
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Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly of them, when instead they should try to get their people to think more…
— Booker T. Washington
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Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.
— Lewis Grizzard
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Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not having revealed so much of Himself; and you will also…
— Blaise Pascal
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The average lawyer is essentially a mechanic who works with a pen instead of a ball peen hammer.
— Unknown Author
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Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, he sings.
— Ed Gardner
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Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize that and seek to find a new spirit. We have…
— Albert Schweitzer
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming…
— Dale Carnegie
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Stuff the economy, Go hug a tree instead.
— Thomas Murray
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We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect lover.
— Tom Robbins
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I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful.
— James Caan
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I knew the profanity used up and down my street would not go over the air... So I trained myself to say 'Holy Cow' instead.
— Harry Caray
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We don't do drugs, drink or use profanity. Instead we instill morals and values in my boys by raising them with a love of God…
— Anita Baker
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When you put the interest of a kid on money instead of heart then you're destroying the beauty of our lives and our thought process,…
— Alexis Arguello
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Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions. It doesn't get more iconic than Terry Fox.
— Shawn Ashmore
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It's interesting that instead of having to get tighter and more restricted for a collaboration, strangely enough, from the beginning, we've actually been more confident…
— Robert Asprin
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I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played my sister as…
— Dakota Fanning
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The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and…
— Chris Bell
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I pushed myself way too hard during the first year of Veronica Mars and I got moody and run-down. Now I'll go to bed early…
— Kristen Bell
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In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today's shiny, technological age are…
— Charles Krauthammer
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Infatuating yourself with someone simply for what they look like on the outside is like choosing your favorite food based on color instead of taste.…
— Melchor Lim
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Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics should be told not to fuck.
— George Carlin
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It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what was in their minds since not much has been put…
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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