Quotes by Example I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example. Elvis Presley cleaningkindexample Learning by example is valid, but when you have the information to know that turning in a certain direction can lead you to a very wrong place, most of the "blame" is on the individual. Ellen Hopkins blameinformationexample There are so many examples today of how the kind of wonderful zealousness and unquestioning loyalty of young people can be harnessed by all sorts of insidious powers. Emma Donoghue loyaltyexamplepeople Anyone who wants to be an example to others, must first examine himself. Ephrem the Syrian examplewantfirsts Normally I don't listen to my songs. I hear when I'm in the process of creation, of course, but not when I come home, for example, and I listen my album, and this is different. Enrique Iglesias examplehomesong As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Eric Alterman parentexamplejobs History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse. Eric Alterman militaryexamplewar I use Google+, and I find the quality of the comments are very sophisticated because there is more trust inside of Google+ than there is inside of Twitter and Facebook, for example. Eric Schmidt googlequalityexample 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. Ernest Gowers superstitionsexamplegiving 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. Erich Fromm keysexampledream The history of the development of mechanics is quite indispensable to a full comprehension of the science in its present condition. It also affords a simple and instructive example or the processes by which natural science generally is developed. Ernst Mach developmentexamplesimple In neither his definition nor the examples illustrating what memes are does Dawkins mention anything that would distinguish memes from concepts. Ernst Mayr definitionsexampledoe Scheherazade is the classical example of a woman saving her head by using it. Esme Wynne-Tyson savingexample Recently it's become much to my surprise, something that does happen. For example, I used to get almost all of my stories, and it's probably still true, from newspapers. Primarily from The New York Times. No one ever really thinks of The New York Times as a tabloid newspaper and it isn't a tabloid newspaper. But there is a tabloid newspaper within The New York Times very, very often. Errol Morris examplenew-yorkthinking The fastest way to bring more wonderful examples of abundance into your personal experience is to take constant notice of the wonderful things that are already there. Esther Hicks examplewonderfulway My mother, for example, told the German officer not to kill her. She'd make it worth his while. And then, when they were doing it, she pulled a knife out of her belt and sliced open his chest, just like she used to open chicken breasts to stuff with rice for the Sabbath meal. Etgar Keret knivesexamplemother Put simply, behavioural economics argues that human beings' decision-taking is guided by the evolutionary baggage which we bring with us to the present day. Evolution has made us rational to a point, but not perfectly so. It has given us emotions, for example, which programme us to override our rational brain and act more instinctively. Evan Davis decisionexamplebrain 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. Donald Trump shiningexampleamerica Services provided to individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens are not basic and should not be guaranteed. An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia. Ezekiel Emanuel becomingcitizensexample An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia. Ezekiel Emanuel obviouspatientexample«1516171819202122232425»
