#replace

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

#being #book #creation #give #human

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#believe #creed #everlasting #gave #god

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#bogus #celebrates #general #good #good work

Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. ↗

— Orson Welles

#christmas #christmas tree #come #died #fall

If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right. ↗

— Ricky Williams

#exactly #god #reads #replace #right

I replaced the headlights in my car with strobe lights, so it looks like I'm the only one moving. ↗

— Steven Wright

#headlights #i #lights #like #looks

I think the hardest to replace has been Johnny Collins. He was great to play with. You could always rely on him to be available for a short pass, allowing you time to clear a ball. He would never give the ball away. ↗

— Richard Gough

#always #available #away #ball #been

We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby. ↗

— Sammy Hagar

#al #baby #back #because #care

I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows. ↗

— Colin Hay

#better #doing #drink #drinking #getting

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#doorstop #find #hardcover #i #interesting