Quotes About Substitution

Herbal tea tastes so much better when it's coffee.

When people grow up with a family characterized by chaos and uncertainty and fragility, you look for a substitution for that.

Thus, they are free to replace some objects by others so long as the relations remain unchanged.

There are times when new players replace injured players in the national squad. Since the new players don't have enough experience and match practice at the international level, they seldom play under a lot of pressure.

He is the man who has been brought on to replace Pavel Nedved. The irreplaceable Pavel Nedved.

Everyone on the bench stands for the man coming out of the game.

That's a wise substitution by Terry Venables: three fresh man, three fresh legs.

When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.

I have no problem dropping players.

One conqueror replaces another

Never pretend that the things you haven't got are not worth having. Never pretend that children, for instance, can be replaced by other things.

The substitution of meaning accounts for the grasping of misers as well as the extravagance of spendthrifts. Karl Marx well understood this peculiar transformation of flesh into coin.

I looked out of the window and saw him sitting in the early rays of the sun, a dark silhouette in the sand, motionless as a rock, and knew at once that I had substituted one memory for another and that this one would leave me with as little peace as the other one had. I would exist in someone else's mind, without knowing who I was in there.

The things we think we want are often substitutes for what we really want, and the pleasures we seek are less than the joy that they distract us from.

How much of the ugly does it take to substitute for a lack of the beautiful? How many adventure films does it take to compensate for a lack of adventure? How many superhero movies must one watch, to compensate for the atrophied expression of one's greatness? How much pornography to meet the need for intimacy? How much entertainment to substitute for missing play? It takes an infinite amount. That's good news for economic growth, but bad news for the planet.

They say the more colorful your salad is, the better. So I swapped out my croutons for M&Ms.

Le idee sono spesso surrogate dalle emozioni. Sono più dure a morire, resistono meglio al tempo e tanto meglio quanto più sono irrazionali.

You play against receivers, they're in one play and then they'll put somebody else in, run you deep and get you tired. Then they'll put their starters back in.

My biggest accomplishment was playing 'Lark' on the daytime drama Port Charles because it was the most regular acting job I have had, and I had to step in and fill someone else's shoes.

I stepped in for Nicole Kidman in 'Dogville' when she left that film.

This autocue was obviously written for someone else and I've been brought in at the last minute.

Jesus Christ is for his brethren by standing in their place." —CHRISTOLOGY

Sometimes the only way to get rid of an unpleasant feeling is to replace it with another unpleasant feeling.

f the lion in us wishes to roar but the goat bleats instead, we must pay for this substitution in one way or another. Payment will vary: For some, it will be experienced as depression, a loss of energy and enthusiasm, or a growing unconsciousness. For others, it can be uncontrollable, seemingly irrational behavior, during which life, fortune, profession, or marriage may be risked. In its most extreme form, the price may be a physical breakdown that can lead to illness or even death.