Model Quotes

We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There's no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either. (Steve Ballmer)
When you take the UNCF model that, what a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind is being very wasteful, how true that is. View quote
Dan Quayle
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. View quote
Buckminster Fuller
You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career. View quote
Tyra Banks
Logic is a poor model of cause and effect. View quote
Gregory Bateson
Each person must live their life as a model for others. View quote
Rosa Parks
New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city. View quote
Lewis Mumford
Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. View quote
Vincent van Gogh
[Iran, Libya and Syria] are irresponsible states, which must be disarmed of weapons [of] mass destruction, and a successful American move in Iraq as a model will make that easier to achieve. View quote
Ariel Sharon
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. View quote
Giorgio Vasari
I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources. (Yvon Chouinard)
I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into a model into the building. View quote
Frank Gehry
I'm no role model. View quote
Charles Barkley
I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing. View quote
Mae West
But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored! View quote
Isabella Rossellini
I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it. View quote
Ann Richards
The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art. View quote
Chuck Palahniuk
A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state. View quote
Isabel Paterson
No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty. View quote
Albrecht Dürer
The ontological concept of truth is in the centre of a logic which may serve as a model of pre- technological rationality. It is the rationality of a two-dimensional universe of discourse which, contrasts with the of thought and behavior that develop in the execution of the technological project. View quote
Herbert Marcuse
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. (Christopher Lasch)
I like cheeseburgers too much to be a model. View quote
Laurie Halse Anderson
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others. View quote
Barry Bonds
I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are. View quote
Cathy Freeman
It's very satisfying to promote science and education and see good results. Setting a good example for young people, being a role model, is very important for me. View quote
Yuan T. Lee