Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edmund Burke

It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more pleasantly.

Baltasar Gracian

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

Denis Waitley

We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.

Eric Hoffer

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength

Jeaniene Frost

I’m the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation.

Ernst Moritz Arndt

Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Borrowed wit is the poorest wit.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less.

Becca Fitzpatrick

He grinned. “Busted. I’m a monster. Jev is my deceptively harmless — and shockingly handsome — alter ego.” “And I’m on top of it,” she announced with witty triumph. “Is that a Freudian slip?” His bluntness caught her off guard. A self-conscious blush rose in her face.

Antoine Rivarol

There is nothing so unready as readiness of wit.

Antoine Rivarol

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

Bill Bryson

I often feel I'm a disappointment to people because they expect me to be the guy in the books. When I sit next to someone at a dinner party I can see they expect me to be quick and witty, and I'm not at all.

Nizam Idris

I would say it's more within my expectations.

Philip Hoffman

But because of his intelligence, his wit and his insightfulness and his kind of all-consuming warmth, that would go away.

John Pomfret

I think you're a witness and a recorder.

Peter Higgs

If the U.K. were threatening to withdraw from Europe, I would certainly want Scotland to be out of that.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Camiguin, Romblon and Camarines Norte got out of the list of poorest provinces in 2003. With tourism, these provinces can become rich.

Hale Irwin

It was just probably the poorest executed shot of the week. You're going over water one way or another, why not go at the flag?

Richard Seivert

They are the poorest of the poor in the Western hemisphere.