By Example Quotes

The city of Detroit is the living, breathing example of Hillary Clinton's failed economic agenda.

Wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along with people, wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along, as an example, with Russia?

I have spoken to people in intelligence. And they are big believers in, as an example, waterboarding. Because they say it does work. It does work.

A period film, where you, for example, where you have a traditional wardrobes, you are bound to act a certain way. But in a modern film, a lot of body gesture.

I try to be a good guy and I fall short sometimes, but I use Christ as an example.

To marry for love were no reproachful thing if we did not see that of ten thousand couples that do it, hardly one can be brought for an example that it may be done and not repented afterwards.

A perfect example of the power of prayer is when a blizzard closes the schools on the day of a big exam.

Setting a good example for your children does nothing but increase their embarrassment.

The Vienna Franks are a good example of urban white acid folk revivalism crossed with ska.

I don't want to sound like some old person pining for how things used to be, because I'm not. But walking down the street, for example, used to be a public activity; you'd see the other people.

The closer the genetic relationship of the family members, as for example father-to-son, as opposed to uncle-to-nephew, the higher the degree of cooperation.

Look at me! I'm big! I'm strong! I'm a superior example of froghood and capable of protecting us both!

There can be associations - enlightened businesses, for example - that do not work on the basis of us against them or wanting profit as the main motivating force behind what they do.

In certain extreme cases, medication may be necessary. But it is given far too often, too easily, and too readily. Millions of children already are on tranquilizers, for example, and that is absurd.

The piano song that I do in the movie [The Hangover], it's a great example, that was never - that wasn't in the script.

A fool, for example, thinks Shakespeare a great poet . . . yet the fool has never read Shakespeare.

John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palins ignorance of public affairs is monumental.

These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.

The charges [government] brought against me, for example, explicitly denied my ability to make a public-interest defense.

Are our competitors - for example, China, which is a deeply authoritarian nation - becoming more authoritarian or more liberal over time?

This was a "bad" example for U.S. slaves. Haiti was subjected to an embargo from the United States, which, along with many other countries, refused to recognize this new republic.

No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it for example by seeing it how it could be worse and then being grateful it isn't.

It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.

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.

There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro.

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.

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.

Goldie Hawn has always been a beauty and fashion icon to me. She radiates joy and infuses beauty into everything through her smile and spirit. She is a great example of what real beauty means to me.

In neither his definition nor the examples illustrating what memes are does Dawkins mention anything that would distinguish memes from concepts.

Scheherazade is the classical example of a woman saving her head by using it.

There is not a need to prove anything to anyone with your words. Let that which you are - that which you are living - be your clear example to uplift others.

What happens in our consciousness and minds and bodies is also happening on earth. The more we pollute the earth, for example, the sicker we are.

Metaphors are an interesting example of creating magic in prose.

He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short.

Donald Trump is seriously dark and disturbing. You can't just dismiss it as one more example of American pop culture grotesque.

There are follies as catching as contagious disorders.

For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.

You can only lead by example.

Outstanding examples of genius - a Mozart, a Shakespeare, or a Carl Friedrich Gauss - are markers on the path along which our species appears destined to tread.

For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children

Share the way by being a good example.

Say, for example, you develop the ability to make parking meters disappear. It's probably easier to put a quarter in it. That would be the wisdom on the subject.

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

Every virtue has its privilege: for example, that of contributing its own little bundle of wood to the funeral pyre of one condemned.

Although you have so far demonstrated little faith in my ability to pay, I yet hope to demonstrate that I am somebody who pays his debts-for example, to you.

You can't lead by example if you are a bad example. If you stink at something, stop doing in front of everyone until you improve!

Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.

Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were there and that they did it.

For example, many colleges in their writing programs teach some of my work.

A plate of food has to have balance. For example, a mild fish like skate mustnt be overwhelmed by the side dishes. They should have personality and color, but they also have to be subtle.