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Saturday, September 28th, 2024
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Quotations regarding 'Example'

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To demonstrate this simultaneity is by no means trivial, because it may for example happen that the product nucleus always forms in an activated state at first.
Walther Bothe, German Physicist (1891-1957)
This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal.
James Bovard, Author
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author
To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
Barbara Boxer, American Politician (1940-  )
Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
Malcolm Boyd, American Clergyman (1923-  )
I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.
Malcolm Boyd, American Clergyman (1923-  )
More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.
Paul D. Boyer, American Scientist (1918-  )
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
Louis D. Brandeis, American Judge (1856-1941)
It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal.
Breyten Breytenbach, South African Writer (1939-  )
We wanted to set a good example for the growing number of divers watching.
Lloyd Bridges, American Actor (1913-1998)
For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.
Frank Bruno, British Athlete (1961-  )
We can demonstrate, by our own example, how E.U. freedoms, including the freedom of nationals of other E.U. countries to come and work here, has enabled us to expand our economy.
John Bruton, Irish Politician (1947-  )
You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case.
Deborah Bull, British Dancer (1963-  )
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman (1729-1797)
So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt?
George W. Bush, American President (1946-  )
People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me.
George W. Bush, American President (1946-  )
It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example.
Lauren Bush, Model (1984-  )
God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.
Abraham Cahan, Lithuanian Author
And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records.
Lois Capps, American Politician (1938-  )
Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.
George Carlin, American Comedian (1937-2008)
 
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