Substitutes Quotes

647 Substitutes quotes by 488 unique authors

Sometimes I think that if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn. Not… — Sara Gruen
Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both… — Bertrand Russell
I had learned that there were substitutes for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You could find love with other people. You could find… — Lisa Kleypas
Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity. — George Eliot
No, the menace of the supernatural is that it attacks where modern minds are weakest, where we have abandoned our protective armor of superstition and… — Shirley Jackson
I don't think God wants to be worshiped. I think the only pure worship of God is by loving one another, and I think all… — Charles M. Schulz
There is no experience like having children.â€™ Thatâ€™s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do… — Mitch Albom
Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasnâ€™t done… — Ayn Rand
We donâ€™t constrain our mental powers when we store new long-term memories. We strengthen them. With each expansion of our memory comes an enlargement of… — Nicholas G. Carr
For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. If people need religion, ignore them and maybe they will ignore… — Gene Roddenberry
Utopianism substitutes glorious predictions and unachievable promises for knowledge, science, and reason, while laying claim to them all. — Mark Levin
Above all else, be true to your heart. When you marry, whether it be a marquis or an estate manager (or both!), it will be… — Julia Quinn
Loving is almost a substitute for thinking. Love is a burning forgetfulness of all other things. How shall we ask passion to be logical? — Victor Hugo
I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience... War… — Howard Zinn
I am convinced that the deepest desire within each of us is to be liberated from the controlling influences of our own psychic madness or… — Caroline Myss
A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
A fundamentalist is someone who wants to substitute what he believes for what you believe," Max said. "And someone who thinks he knows the will… — Robin Wasserman
She sits in her usual ample armchair, with piles of books and unopened magazines around her. She sips cautiously from the mug of weak herb… — Alice Munro
Weakness may excite tenderness, and gratify the arrogant pride of man; but the lordly caresses of a protector will not gratify a noble mind that… — Mary Wollstonecraft
Perhaps I fear him because I could love him again, and in loving him, I would come to need him, and in needing him, I… — Anne Rice

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