(156 quotes found)
“Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves--and be free.”
Cesar Chavez
“Mr. Pibb is a poor imitation of Dr. Pepper. Dude didn't even get his degree.”
Mitch Hedberg
“JOSS-STICKS, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.”
Ambrose Bierce
“The art of being a woman can never consist of being a bad imitation of a man”
Olga Knopf
“There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original.”
Judith Butler
“In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else's song, has a responsibility to make a distinct and original statement.”
Todd Boyd
“Imitation belittles”
Christian Nevell Bovee
“Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality”
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
“A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.”
Don Marquis
“You may imitate, but never counterfeit.”
Honore de Balzac
