Famous Quotes & Sayings

Denis Waitley

We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.

Baltasar Gracian

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

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.

Eric Hoffer

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Most imitators attempt the inimitable.

Ernst Moritz Arndt

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

Jeaniene Frost

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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

T. J. Miller

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

Kurt Braunohler

I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my life?' I started to think about why I was a comedian, and then I came up with a reason for existence, which is: inserting absurdity or stupidity into strangers' lives in order to make the world a better place.

T. J. Miller

Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

Robert Lantos

It is a sad testament of the absurdity of the ratings code and the completely illogical moral criteria that provide the underpinning for it, where any form of violence is perfectly acceptable for kids but sexuality continues to be the ultimate taboo,

Peter Sarsgaard

I get so happy to see someone like Jodie descend into absurdity and be human.

Arthur Schopenhauer

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity

Adlai E. Stevenson

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often become the height of wisdom in another

Baruch Spinoza

He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.

Anne Lamott

When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again.

Caroline Corr

There was no one in particular I really tried to copy.

Nick Hays

There are copies and copies of copies. We're sorting through it.

Glenn Miller

We started 14 months ago. The original edition was 10,000 copies and we're now up to 70,000.

Mark Borckardt

There are a lot of copies out there.

Liu Jun

Since lots of people's marriages are similar copies of their parents, it's essential to know about the family background.

Sean Combs

I was like a wonder kid at Uptown. The first record I produced sold two million copies - and I'd only produced it because the producer didn't show up.

James Froude

Our human laws are more or less imperfect copies of the external laws as we see them.

Alexis de Tocqueville

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies

Steve Swasey

If we have more demand for a specific movie than we have copies of that movie, we will give preference to our lower-volume customers.