Top 25 Substitutes Quotes of 174 - Page 7

Creativity is not a substitute for competence.

Creativity is not a substitute for competence.

Mason Cooley

Creativity, Substitutes, Competence

Personal virtue is no substitute for political hard-headedness.

Margaret Thatcher

Political, Virtue, Substitutes

Margaret Thatcher (1995). “The path to power”, HarperCollins Publishers

It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war.

Mahatma Gandhi

War, Violence, Substitutes

Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.370, Oxford University Press

I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.

Mahatma Gandhi

Assembly, Substitutes, Satyagraha

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

The substitute that thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.

John Kessel

Sports, Thinking, Substitutes

Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy.

John Green

Emotional, Intimacy, Substitutes

John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.206, Penguin

We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.

Jimmy Carter

Common Sense, Substitutes, Resorts

United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1979). “Jimmy Carter”

There is no substitute for your impassioned prayers on behalf of your children

Jim George

Prayer, Children, Substitutes

Here, there is simply no substitute for the kind of work that experimental psychologists do, work which shows some mechanisms to be quite reliable, and others to be quite unreliable.

Hilary Kornblith

Kind, Psychologist, Substitutes

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Silence is the best substitute for brains ever invented.

Henry F. Ashurst

Silence, Brain, Substitutes

... law is a substitute for love.

Helen McCloy

Law, Substitutes

There is no substitute for learning to live in our bodies.

George A. Sheehan

Healing, Body, Substitutes

Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.

Eric Hoffer

Want, Substitutes, Pursue

Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.

Ellis Peters

May, Bitter, Substitutes

What do dogs want? They want each other. Human beings are merely a cynomorphic substitute.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Dog, Want, Substitutes

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (1996). “The Hidden Life Of Dogs”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

Someone once remarked that in adolescence pornography is a substitute for sex, whereas in adulthood sex is a substitute for pornography.

Edmund White

Sex, Cynical, Substitutes

Edmund White (2014). “States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America”, p.278, University of Wisconsin Pres

Politics is a substitute for violence.

Dick Gephardt

Violence, Substitutes

Twitter post from Oct 19, 2016

Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan.

David Eddings

Poor, Impatience, Substitutes

David Eddings (2010). “Demon Lord Of Karanda: (Malloreon 3)”, p.21, Random House

You can’t just keep grabbing at me every time you see me. It’s not a substitute for actually talking.

Cassandra Clare

Talking, Substitutes, Grabbing

Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1611, Simon and Schuster