Quotes About Poor Imitations

#1. It would seem that marsupials are poor imitations of full-fledged mammals. Their inadequacy gives them a certain appeal; we're touched by it.

Kobo Abe

#2. Kiera was a scar across my heart that would never fully heal, no matter how many random encounters I placed across it. My poor imitations of her were only ripping open the wound again and again. Good or bad, she was forever a part of me. Kellan Kyle

S.C. Stephens

#3. When I was growing up, I despised Irishness. I felt our music, our television and our books were just poor imitations of what came out of Britain and America. I was all set to abandon it entirely.

Marian Keyes

#4. Great changes are about to take place in the whole universe. It will not be a comfortable time. It is important that each one has no fear, no concern, knowing that this great upheaval is necessary before the next step can be taken.

Eileen Caddy

#5. I'm sorry no one saved you.

Maggie Stiefvater

#6. Emotional content without self control burns the soul.
Self control without emotional content is yet untested.

Toba Beta

#7. I believe you have to have balance in your life.

Paula Creamer

#8. It's hard to point to any single inspiration for 'iZombie' since, in actuality, it's made up from elements inspired by all kinds of different thing all mashed up together.

Chris Roberson

#9. It'll always be you and me Krys. No matter what." That's better than I love you, better than I miss you or I'm sorry. Why? Because it says that no matter how dumb and spoiled I act or how misunderstood she is, that we'll be together.

Artist Arthur

#10. When you accomplish a goal, don't cross it out. Instead, write 'victory' next to it and move on to the next one. This way, whenever you have a bad day, all you have to do is to review your victories to feel good about yourself.

Jack Canfield

#11. There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally.

Learned Hand

#12. When I think of the meaning of food, I always remember these lines by the poet William Carlos Williams, which seem to me merely honest: There is nothing to eat, seek it where you will, but of the body of the Lord. The blessed plants and the sea, yield it to the imagination intact.

Wendell Berry

#13. The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas - embody the most repulsive of human instincts, the will to power at the price of the lives of others.

Jon Meacham

#14. A printer consists of three main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light.

Dave Barry

#15. You take on what's right in front of you. You want to do the best you can with the opportunities that you have.

Don Shula