Substitute Quotations | Page 3

I don't think there's any substitute for experience, because experience sometimes is better than talent. But if you're unsure of what guys can do, there's only one way to find out and that's play for real and see.

Governor Lynch believes that pardon hearings should only be granted in extraordinary circumstances, not as a substitute for the legal system. A pardon hearing would essentially involve retrying this case 15 years later, which would be unfair to the victim, difficult to administer and not the role of a pardon hearing.

Manner is all in all whatever is writ, the substitute for genius sense and wit

The tendency, too potent in itself,Of use and custom to bow down the soulUnder a growing weight of vulgar sense,And substitute a universe of deathFor that which moves with light and life informed,Actual, divine, and true.

Private philanthropy is no substitute for governmental action here,

Donne, I suppose, was such another / Who found no substitute for sense. / To seize and clutch and penetrate; / Expert beyond experience.

A substitute shines brightly as a king, Until a king be by

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute for experience.

The leader shows that style is no substitute for substance, that creating an impression is more potent than acting from one's center.