Contrary to general belief, humans imitate apes more than the reverse. The sight of monkeys or apes induces an irresistible urge in people to jump up and down, exaggeratedly scratch themselves and holler in a way that must make the primates wonder how this otherwise so intelligent species has come to depend on such inferior means of communication.
Imitate until you emulate; match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ.
Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.
We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence of emotion that marks the contemplation of a work of art.
Bad poets imitate, good poets steal.
I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.
One must not imitate the sun, one must make oneself into a sun.
God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in our moral flesh.
I've been thinking. . . Maybe you're a mockingbird. . . Mockingbirds imitate the songs of other birds. . . No, I've never heard of any copyright problems.
I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.
Solving problems is a practical skill like, let us say, swimming. We acquire any practical skill by imitation and practice. Trying to swim, you imitate what other people do with their hands and feet to keep their heads above water, and, finally, you learn to swim by practicing swimming. Trying to solve problems, you have to observe and to imitate what other people do when solving problems, and, finally, you learn to do problems by doing them.
I didn't just grow up in one environment, so it was easy for me, as a child, just to imitate and just be all these different people.
Insist on yourself. Never imitate.
People invariably chose inimitable people to imitate.
Men will imitate and admire his unmoved firmness, his inflexible conscience for the right; and yet his gentleness, as tender as a woman's, his moderation of spirit, which not all the heat of party could inflame, nor all the jars and disturbances of this country shake out of its place: I swear you to an emulation of his justice, his moderation, and his mercy.
Never hesitate to imitate another writer - every person learning a craft or an art needs models. Eventually you'll find your own voice and will shed the skin of the writer you imitated.
Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
Don't imitate me we are not two halves of a muskmelon.