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Quotes About Replacement

The Master created humans first as the lowest type, most easily formed. Gradually, he replaced them by robots, the next higher step, and finally he created me, to take the place of the last humans.
~ Isaac Asimov
The theory of universal gravitation is not cast-iron. No theory is, and there is always room for improvement. Isn't that so? Science is constructed out of approximations that gradually approach the truth. . . Well, that means all theories are subject to constant testing and modification, doesn't it? And if it eventually turns out that they're not quite close enough to the truth, they need to be replaced by something that's closer. Right?
~ Isaac Asimov
Typically, there's about 20, 25 percent turnover every year. So, every three or four years with the exception of, as is the case with the Patriots and the quarterback, you have a roster turnover.
~ Jeff Fisher
In the beginning of Roomba, we all took turns answering the support line. Once, a woman called and explained that her robot had a defective motor. I said, 'Send it back. We'll send you a new one.' She said, 'No - I'm not sending you Rosie.'
~ Colin Angle
I nearly died twice after I replaced Michael Crawford in 'EFX.'
~ David Cassidy
I just recently had my Visa card stolen. Right now, it's everywhere I want to be.
~ Scott Wood
The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place.
~ Havelock Ellis
Having a child is sowing the seeds of your own obsolescence: birth is the fuse that leads to that other thing. You appear, you replace yourself, you die.
~ Michael Redhill
The fear of love can be replaced by the love of fear
~ Michael Biondi
There are 613, 806, 639 men in the world. Statistically, God has got you covered! So, never worry about one person not caring about you. Someone up to the challenge will always take his place.
~ Shannon L. Alder
The besom of reform hath swept him out of office, and a worthier successor wears his dignity and pockets his emoluments.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
We've just inserted catheters into your carotid artery and jugular vein," says the nurse. "Right now your blood is being replaced with a synthetic oxygen-rich solution.
~ Neal Shusterman
If there wasn't unwinding, there'd be fewer surgeons, and more doctors. If there wasn't unwinding, they'd go back to trying to cure diseases instead of just replacing stuff with someone else's.
~ Neal Shusterman
But before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with.
~ Charles Bukowski
puts the final seal on the replacement of the authentic, billion-year-old natural world by a new, artificial world whose every surface bears the greasy human fingerprint.
~ Charles C. Mann
When a new object emerges that satisfies the same purpose as an older one, the older one falls into obsolescence.
~ Koji Suzuki
When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.
~ George R.R. Martin
Here is a toast that I want to give To a fellow I'll never know; To the fellow who's going to take my place When it's time for me to go.
~ Louis E. Thayer
When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
~ Goethe
God is dead and I am his replacement.
~ J.D. Robb
Not only had the nefarious Candy Thief snatched her chocolate, he/she had taken the time and trouble to replace it with the actual item on the freaking menu. She had to respect that.
~ J.D. Robb
The reflex of fear was soon replaced with another, more useful emotion. Rage.
~ Tara Moss
Heir and a spare and change.
~ Tasha Alexander
But Whetstone is positioning Remem as more than a handy virtual assistant: they want it to take the place of your natural memory.
~ Ted Chiang