Instead Quotes

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world.

I heard someone say the other day that they thought it was sexier to call someone their fiance instead of their husband or wife.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

It would be interesting if this sitcom works, so I could be doing one thing all the time instead of going back and forth between all this different media which I sort of thrive on, I'm a bit of a moving target in that way.

I think you can be happy and still be competitive. A good lesson for everybody is to think a bit before you speak and represent who you really are instead of the brash emotional you.

Make your having dinner out become The Event of the Night, instead of just the beginning.

I hope they get something of interest out of it, but I'd rather they all hate it and I like it, instead of vice versa... I make films to please myself first, and if the audience likes them, all the better.

Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.

Also, the more you're not focused on showbiz and instead focused on life, learning about other people, and keeping your eyes open and trying to be aware of the world.

A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now.

Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television.

I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy.

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.

With the CGI, suddenly there's a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. You don't need that. The audience loses its relationship with the threat on the screen. That's something that's consistently happening and it makes these movies like video games and that's a soulless enterprise. It's all kinetics without emotion.

I can only have dinner with my girlfriends once a month instead of once a week.

I was supposed to be on the Tonight Show but I broke my shoulder instead.

I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before.

Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be.

Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job.

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

Instead of following one another the sounds overlap; a sound which is acoustically perceived as coming after another one can be articulated simultaneously with the latter or even in part before it.

Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going.

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income.

It became a question of do I want to be on a label where it could take three years to put out a record instead of putting out three records over the same period of time on my own.

I'm so glad that Hollywood and America are embracing women when they get in their 40s instead of putting us out to pasture.