#example

We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional principle, such as randomness, to this topography. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#arrive #could #entropy #example #for example

I am, for the most part, who I am because my good mother was who she was. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#learning #mom #mother #mother-s-day #motherhood

A prudent man will always try to follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been truly outstanding, so that, if he is not quite as skillful as they, at least some of their ability may rub off on him. ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

#greatness #imitation #learning #men

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today ↗

— St. Francis of Assisi

#leading-by-example #inspirational

You've got to make it a good example for those kids regardless of how much you mess up. ↗

— Fantasia Barrino

#good #good example #got #how #kids

To turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to do it in a way that doesn't glorify people, we must hear each other's stories about giving or else our people will not learn to give. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#christianity #community #encouragement #example #giving

We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without sex. This is the first time in human history that has been true, and it means, for example, we could do some extraordinary things. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#been #could #epoch #example #extraordinary

If you're from Dublin, for example, chances are you live with your family, if you're lucky enough to, right up to the mid-20s. And most of the people I know, when they finally sort of set off on their own, they don't stray all that far. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#dublin #enough #example #family #far

The new social question is: democracy or the rule of the financial markets. We are currently witnessing the end of an era. The neoliberal ideology has failed worldwide. The U.S. movement Occupy Wall Street is a good example of this. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#democracy #end #era #example #failed

There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is certain documentation that do deserve protection, that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

#certain #certain kinds #courts #deserve #documentation