Substitute Quotes

661 Substitute quotes by 507 unique authors

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and… — William Howard Taft
There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained honorary white status. He was not viewed by… — Michael Eric Dyson
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit. — Oscar Wilde
To believe in the supernatural is not simply to believe that after living a successful, material, and fairly virtuous life here one will continue to… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
There is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true thrift to… — James Beard
Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar… — Norman Douglas
Let the past abolish the past when -- and if -- it can substitute something better. — William Faulkner
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. — W. Somerset Maugham
If someone were to ask whether communications skills or meekness is most important to a marriage, I'd answer meekness, hands down. You can be a… — John Bytheway
To do well those thing which God ordained to be the common lot of all man-kind, is the truest greatness. To be a successful father… — Joseph Fielding Smith
To put it in a nutshell, he was afflicted with a love of literature. It was the fatal nature of this disease to substitute a… — Virginia Woolf
Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. So… — Ayn Rand
Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself, that which has traditionally been called "God." As soon as you turn… — Eckhart Tolle
Silence is the great teacher and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge,… — Deepak Chopra
whose steps were a restless substitute for flight. — Ayn Rand
Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth--even if they decide to help the… — Michael Eric Dyson
The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve from toil. It… — Calvin Coolidge
Anything that suffers and dies instead of us is Christ; if they didn't kill birds and fish they would have killed us. The animals die… — Margaret Atwood
Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines… — Ayn Rand
Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I'm sitting here dying, when… — Mitch Albom
[Government] regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and… — Michael Pollan
Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas. — Ambrose Bierce
Can one make the future a substitute for the present? And what guarantee have we that the future will be any better if we neglect… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
We must substitute courage for caution. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chaos and intensity are no substitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life. — Kay Redfield Jamison

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