Substitute Quotes

661 Substitute quotes by 507 unique authors

Because by now Elinor had understood this, too: A longing for books was nothing compared with what you could feel for human beings. The books… — Cornelia Funke
I'm a substitute mom." "You're more like a crazy aunt who only gets called when somebody needs bailing out of jail. — Ilona Andrews
This complaining rambling rubbish is the substitute which has taken the place of love. — Aleister Crowley
Education is no substitute for intelligence. — Frank Herbert
Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale...Man likes to… — Mitch Albom
In so far as the culture industry arouses a feeling of well-being that the world is precisely in that order suggested by the culture industry,… — Theodor Adorno
Teach your scholar to observe the phenomena of nature; you will soon rouse his curiosity, but if you would have it grow, do not be… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Dancing may not be the perfect substitute for love, human love, but it certainly requires all the time and thought and energy that could otherwise… — Toni Bentley
Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent. — Steve Martin
It would not be practical for her to hate herself. Luckily, God sends a substitute, a husband. — Saul Bellow
It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake… — Ayn Rand
What of Art? -It is a malady. --Love? -An Illusion. --Religion? -The fashionable substitute for Belief. --You are a sceptic. -Never! Scepticism is the beginning… — Oscar Wilde
A perfect man would never act from a sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one. Duty is only… — C.S. Lewis
Of course (said Oryx), having a money value was no substitute for love. Every child should have love, every person should have it. . .… — Margaret Atwood
Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see and they will not be a substitute… — Flannery O'Connor
Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. — Mitch Albom
But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses — Jane Smiley
Exasperation with the threefold frustration of action -- the unpredictability of its outcome, the irreversibility of the process, and the anonymity of its authors --… — Hannah Arendt
That which compels us to create a substitute for ourselves is not the external lack of objects, but our incapacity to lovingly include a thing… — Carl Jung
Some day, as soon as a book is printed it will be simultaneously put into digital form. That will be a wonderful research tool, but… — Anne Fadiman
If at the one moment in your life when the chance of something transcendental is offered to you, if you have this chance to move… — Sebastian Faulks
Rhetoric is no substitute for reality. — Thomas Sowell
We can know what love is. It´s adults who have forgotten, so they cling to their poor substitute and yell at kids who dare to… — Barry Lyga
And what am I? (Adron) You’re kind and decent. You have a good heart. (Livia) I have no heart at all. What I have is… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
What's next? If there are vampires in there, they probably drink artificial blood plasma substitute. — Kelley Armstrong

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