Quotes by Example I may do some good before I am dead--be a sort of success as a frightful example of what not to do; and so illustrate a moral story. Thomas Hardy examplestoriesmay Mr. Darwin's hypothesis is not, so far as I am aware, inconsistent with any known biological fact; on the contrary, if admitted, the facts of Development, of Comparative Anatomy, of Geographical Distribution, and of Palaeontology, become connected together, and exhibit a meaning such as they never possessed before; and I, for one, am fully convinced that if not precisely true, that hypothesis is as near an approximation to the truth as, for example, the Copernican hypothesis was to the true theory of the planetary motions. Thomas Huxley developmentexampletogether The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example. Thomas Morell exampleinspirationalfirsts It is prima facie highly implausible that life as we know it is the result of a sequence of physical accidents together with the mechanism of natural selection. We are supposed to abandon this naïve response, not in favor of a fully worked out physical/chemical explanation but in favor of an alternative that is really a schema for explanation, supported by some examples. What is lacking, to my knowledge, is a credible argument that the story has a nonnegligible probability of being true. Thomas Nagel alternativesexampletogether Wikistrat is my ninth start-up, so I've been through this process a few times. You have to go with what works. The power of example is compelling, so model the ideas that you want someone to understand. Thomas P.M. Barnett examplewantideas Some people do need to be held to account because some of the conduct is so widely at odds with our values. But making an example out of a few people would be a disservice. Thomas R. Pickering oddsexamplepeople There exist better models of decisionmaking, for the governance of states, corporations and other large organizations, for example in Germany. We need to study such models and promising pathways on which our existing decisionmaking procedures can be gradually reformed. Thomas Pogge pathwaysorganizationexample You can share your testimony in many ways, by the words you speak, by the example you set, by the manner in which you live your life. Thomas S. Monson words-you-speaklive-your-lifeexample But what's worth more than gold?" "Practically everything. You, for example. Gold is heavy. Your weight in gold is not very much gold at all. Aren't you worth more than that? Terry Pratchett weightexamplegold For example, the dwarfs found out how to turn lead into gold by doing it the hard way. The difference between that and the easy way is that the hard way works. Terry Pratchett differencesexamplegold Jumpy is the most incredible animal of all time. The movie [Valley of Violence] is the tamest example of what that dog is capable of. Ti West exampledoganimal As we emulate His example, we will bless lives, including our own. Thomas S. Monson blessemulateexample Happy thou that learnest from another's griefs, not to subject thyself to the same. Tibullus subjectsgriefexample I think I am example for our scene, so I have to be an example for the rest. Tiesto sceneexamplethinking I think of great masters, like [Alfred] Hitchcock, for example, who works absolutely within this sensational realm. You feel like you can always tell what temperature a room is in a Hitchcock film because the people feel alive, they don't feel like they're just being filmed on a stage. Tilda Swinton examplepeoplethinking Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom. Tim Allen momexamplekids To be honest the work that a producer does is work that I've done for most of my working life. It's work that I started to do, for example, when I worked with Sally Potter on Orlando. We developed it together over five years. Tilda Swinton exampletogetheryears May we be faithful followers of Christ, examples of righteousness, thus becoming lights in the world. Thomas S. Monson faithfullightexample Now, if someone tries to monopolize the Web, for example pushes proprietary variations on network protocols, then that would make me unhappy. Tim Berners-Lee unhappyexampletrying The best way to get Americans to focus on what's happening in Afghanistan is by using the example of their own. Tim Hetherington focusexampleway«6263646566676869707172»
