Example Quotes - Page 36

A lot of the comedians nowadays just do comedy as a stepping stone. Take for example Dane Cook. The guy is huge. The main reason he got into it is to do what he is doing now: film and television work.

What is the use of Christ's words, unless we set an example?

Although you have so far demonstrated little faith in my ability to pay, I yet hope to demonstrate that I am somebody who pays his debts-for example, to you.

One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.

I'm a living example of getting into films backwards. Merely by accident. Exposure to films and ideas is the best thing that colleges can do.

Nothing is so catching as example.

He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short.

Writing is a good example of self-abandonment. I never completely forget myself except when I am writing and I am never more completely myself than when I am writing.

That it is a solecism to begin a sentence with 'and' is a faintly lingering superstition. The OED gives examples ranging from the 10th to the 19th c.; the Bible is full of them.

For [Sigmund ] Freud, the manifest dream, that is that which we remember after waking,is like a code message, that can be interpreted, provided the right key is avail-able, for example the method of free association.

As human rights throughout the world continue to be abused, Raoul Wallenberg stands as a courageous example that should inspire us all.

A fool, for example, thinks Shakespeare a great poet . . . yet the fool has never read Shakespeare.

There can be associations - enlightened businesses, for example - that do not work on the basis of us against them or wanting profit as the main motivating force behind what they do.

Instead of making up stories, stay with the facts. For example, "I am ruined" is a story. It limits you and prevents you from taking effective action. "I have 50 cents left in my bank account" is a fact.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.

Setting a good example for your children does nothing but increase their embarrassment.

In America, we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone but rather to let it shine as an example. We will shine for everyone to follow.

The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be. Before people making a buying decision, they have many questions. For example, why they should buy from you, why your product is better than other similar products, why they should trust you, and why they should buy it now, etc.

Alan Menken, for example, is one of my heroes for all of the music he's written for Disney.

A day doesn't go by when I don't get a compliment on L.A. Confidential, for example.

. . . She was obsessed with clothes and status, how she never gave a thought to being responsible for her own actions, or even what she might do for anyone else-making her the ultimate example of all that was wrong and misguided about young women today.

The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening.

Madrid reacting with the forceful protection of bullfighting as an art form is an example of the survival of the old values.

There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.

Authority and example lead the world.