Quotes by Example I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower. Mikhail Kalashnikov ak-47examplepeople There’s a whole list of things I would probably change about myself. For example, I’m always trying to lose fifteen pounds. But I never need to be skinny. I don’t want to be skinny. I’m constantly in a state of self-improvement but I don’t beat myself up over it. Mindy Kaling always-tryingexampleself For one thing, there are many "inventions" that are not patentable. The "inventor" of the supermarket, for example, conferred great benefits on his fellowmen for which he could not charge them. Insofar as the same kind of ability is required for the one kind of invention as for the other, the existence of patents tends to divert activity to patentable inventions. Milton Friedman patentsbenefitsexample I know of no example in time or place of a society that has been marked by a large measure of political freedom, and that has not also used something comparable to a free market to organize the bulk of economic activity. Milton Friedman economicpoliticalexample I just want to leave a positive memory of setting an example and bringing our youth with us. Misty Copeland examplewantmemories I do think Under Armour is setting a new example for what a ballerina is, and that you can be feminine and an athlete and represent what a woman is at the same time. Misty Copeland exampleathletethinking That it's possible to do positive things and I think that's how we're going to set an example to be respected as women in the world. Misty Copeland exampleworldthinking This is an example of hypocrisy Miuccia Prada hypocrisyexample Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others. Mohamed ElBaradei mass-destructionexamplecountry Time is our most precious currency. So it's significant that we are being encouraged, wherever possible, to think of our attention not as expenditure but as consumption. This blurring of labor and entertainment forms the basis, for example, of the financial alchemy that conjures deca-billion-dollar valuations for social-networking companies. Mohsin Hamid networkingexamplethinking When you think about the concept of infertility, for example, it's not just medical; it's a repository of so many personal and societal meanings - religious, legal, sexual - encompassing mortality and sin and family and eternity. Monica Youn examplereligiousthinking In Christianity, it's very clear that the god we worship is equal to love. The bible says, 'God is love'. The god we worship was sacrificed, crucified on the cross, tortured, spit on, and was still forgiving. This is our highest example. Mosab Hassan Yousef forgivingexampleworship Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship. Mortimer Adler examplemotherchildren Men have no better guidance than examples and facts proved by experience. Muhammad Abduh experienceexamplemen I have not lost Allah's hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the most difficult of circumstances. We as Muslims must lead by example. Muhammad Ali mercycompassionexample One of the most important features of our economic resources is their scarcity: land, labor, and capital goods factors are all scarce, and may all be put to various possible uses. The free market uses them 'productively' because the producers are guided, on the market, to produce what the consumers most need: automobiles, for example, rather than buggies. Murray Rothbard importantlandexample Positivism eliminates any kind of natural law principle - for example, that there are economic laws which can be transgressed only at your peril. With positivism, there is a tendency to leap into ad hoc economic theory. Murray Rothbard principlesexamplelaw Leadership does not mean being bossy, always telling others what to do. No, leadership means going ahead, not putting others in the front. Good leaders lead by example, not by decree. Myles Munroe leaderexamplemean What Jesus did was not a mere example of something else, not a mere manifestation of some larger truth; it was itself the climactic event and fact of cosmic history. From then on everything is differentthe End came forward into the present in Jesus the Messiah N. T. Wright eventsexamplejesus Let us preach you, Dear Jesus, without preaching.... not by words but by our example. Mother Teresa preachingexamplejesus«4344454647484950515253»
