The idea of being able to serve as an example, based upon how to process, how to think, how to realize our own dreams, we can pass that down to our children.
If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.
There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.
Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.
The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.
A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead.
Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.
I'm an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date.
Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.
Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.
You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.
The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.
Some books are serials, not to be mistaken for anything else. 'The Two Towers,' for example, ought never to be read in isolation.
I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.
If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.
For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon.
There are many examples of men in history who could give us a better mirror after which to pattern ourselves
Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.
It was clear, for example, in 1988 that the political process had already become perilously remote from the electorate it was meant to represent.
I dare you to show me one example where I haven't discharged my responsibility seriously, professionally and appropriately.
Students of American glass must always keep in mind that the creations they collect are truly examples of our American culture... and thus have historical significance.
