Substituted Quotes

55 quotes by 50 authors

The trace left behind is substituted for the practice. It exhibits the (voracious) property that the geographical system has of being able to transform action… — Michel de Certeau
Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious. — Michel de Certeau
Many of those whose task it is to broker the truth of God to the people of God in the churches have now redefined the… — David F. Wells
A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination. — Ada Louise Huxtable
We think of the Christian life as a â€˜changed lifeâ€™ but it is not that. What God offers us is an â€˜exchanged life,â€™ a â€˜substituted… — Watchman Nee
Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality. — Thomas Jefferson
We have substituted organizing for agonizing and equipment for endowment. — Leonard Ravenhill
In some Churches today and on some religious television programs, we see the attempt to make Christianity popular and pleasant. We have taken the cross… — Billy Graham
When the Chinese government tells its citizens that they can worship in a certain building on a certain day, but once they leave that building… — Eric Metaxas
Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results when the wisdom and resources of the world are substituted for the presence and power of the Spirit. — Samuel Chadwick
Electronic culture created soulless replacements for connective rituals- television supplanted tribal legends told by the fire; 'fast food' consumed in distraction took the place of… — Daniel Pinchbeck
THE ARTISTIC IMAGE IS ALWAYS A METONYM, WHERE ONE THING IS SUBSTITUTED FOR ANOTHER, THE SMALLER FOR THE GREATER. TO TELL OF WHAT IS LIVING,… — Andrei Tarkovsky
No system of regulation can safely be substituted for the operation of individual liberty as expressed in competition. — Louis D. Brandeis
It was morality that burned the books of the ancient sages, and morality that halted the free inquiry of the Golden Age and substituted for… — H. L. Mencken
In the early 1700's, two physicians...learned about pinkroot's efficacy from the Indians. The word soon spread to the general public, who praised this worm treatment,… — Michael Savage
What was once a cottage industry dedicated to the discovery and development of new voices and works has become instead the raison d'etre for many… — Caridad Svich
It's not me that's obsessed with my weight, it's everyone else. I know that I'm healthy, so I don't really feel the need to answer… — Nicole Richie
The consumer wants food to be as cheap as possible. The producer wants it to be as expensive as possible. Both want it to involve… — Wendell Berry
A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding. — Marshall McLuhan
A changeling is one child substituted for another. I couldn't find anything more apt. We had to kind of fight that supernatural element in the… — J. Michael Straczynski

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