Example Quotes

I don't think this is an example of life and limb being at risk. I like the fact that our fans care.

A day doesn't go by when I don't get a compliment on L.A. Confidential, for example.

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.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.

As human rights throughout the world continue to be abused, Raoul Wallenberg stands as a courageous example that should inspire us all.

What's the legacy of President Obama? I think this is just another, another example of passing the buck. It never stops at the White House.

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.

Writing is a good example of self-abandonment. I never completely forget myself except when I am writing and I am never more completely myself than when I am writing.

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.

Nothing is so catching as example.

I'm a living example of getting into films backwards. Merely by accident. Exposure to films and ideas is the best thing that colleges can do.

People who feel insecure in social situations never miss a chance to exhibit their dominance over close, submissive friends, whomthey put down publicly, in front of everyone--by teasing, for example.

I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!

What is the use of Christ's words, unless we set an example?

The greatest books in Russian literature are satires. Gogol's Dead Souls, for example, is a very over-the-top satire about life in Russia. I think it's the thing we do best.

America's freedom is the example to which the world expires.

Every American expects and deserves clean air, and then we act on that belief, then we will set an example for the rest of the world to follow.

I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people.

Growing older is not such a big deal for me, despite the fears that older actresses have in Hollywood. When I hit 40, for example, I didn't feel 40 - or whatever that is supposed to feel like.

When you choose whether to make or keep a covenant with God, you choose whether you will leave an inheritance of hope to those who might follow your example.

In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.

When I was young, I thought banks were there to protect the assets of people who had justified concerns, because of their experiences under communism for example.

The example my parents set, both in and outside of our household, helped me understand that we all have a specific purpose in life--to give back to society.

No one has ever used historical examples, near or remote, with the detail, precision, and directness to be found in every page of Shaw.

[Lord Brougham's writings on the bee's cell contain] as striking examples of bad reasoning as are often to be met with in writings related to mathematical subjects.

No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him.

The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of vices, of the end of this life, and of the life to come.

The best inheritance a father can leave his children is a good example.

The most powerful leadership tool you have is your personal example.

Depression as one example is an illness that has a chemical basis, but also is deeply embedded in cultural norms about gender, social class, race.

A traveler's chief aim should be to make men wiser and better, and to improve their minds by the bad-as well as good example of what they deliver concerning foreign places.

God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

What the world wants iz [sic] good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.

Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.

And now the lads and lasses, following the example of the birds, bill and coo together.

My world got very big, very fast, and based on a lot of sad examples from the past, a lot of people expect me to get lost in it

The new psychiatrists say that everything and anything can be traced back to sexual causes. Their method, for example, could be explained as the eroticism of father confessors.

I think America needs us. 'Duck Dynasty' has given some hope to bringing the family back. I want to set that example.

I don't do well with changes in my routine. I read at least three newspapers a day, for example. I'm frustrated if for some reason I can't get ahold of all three.

You can hire a bodyguard, to protect you at the bank for example.

Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it By their examples of true Christianity: In short, all know, or very short may know it.

The simple Wordsworth . . . / Who, both by precept and example, shows / That prose is verse, and verse is merely prose.

The central activity of leadership is teaching - first by example, second by precept.

Perhaps the single most dramatic example of this phenomenon of software eating a traditional business is the suicide of Borders and corresponding rise of Amazon

Once you take care of yourself, you become the example, and then everybody around you can change.

I read here and there in books, enjoying the examples and ignoring the argument.

Though He had so much work to do with others, yet He [Jesus] chose sometimes to be alone, to set us an example.

We can see how the role of mobile has changed in past 20 years. It is a perfect example of how one innovation can change an entire era.

Donald Trump really is who he is, and I think, for example, he'll probably tweet his entire life - and that's a fact. I just hope people get over it.

Holding hands, for example, is a way to remember how it feels to say nothing together.