Substitute Quotes

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

Compassion is no substitute for justice.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

When I put some Tabasco on things, and there's really nothing in Tabasco, it's not bad for you in any way, so that's kind of become my substitute. Now you got to get used to a hot mouth, but that's okay.

The creative conquest of space will serve as a wonderful substitute for war.

I needed to step away from music because the truth was I couldn't be the dad I wanted to be to my kids. My truth was that I could not reconcile the two worlds - the entertainment world and being the dad I wanted to be in the present. You can't substitute time, you just can't.

Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers.

I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't care how much natural talent you may have... In the type of show I do, you can depend on surprises.

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers.

I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my substitute of choice for retention.

Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.

There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road.

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

My father taught me how to substitute realities.

There is no substitute for hard work.

I like live audiences, with real people - virtual reality is no substitute.

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic. If I'm going to eat that type of food, it's going to be the real deal.

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

Trust funds can never be a substitute for a fund of trust.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.

Some exfoliates have rocks in them and it makes your skin really smooth, and cat litter is a good substitute. I haven't broke out at all yet!

Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if you will, of the merchant who cries aloud his wares.

I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.