To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

I was adrift for a while. I worked as a substitute teacher; I sold cars.

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

No makeup can substitute for faces that have actually been under the sun.

There's no substitute for the experience of childbearing or child rearing.

I like live audiences, with real people - virtual reality is no substitute.

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

There is no substitute for taking off in flight in front of a live audience.

I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.

There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road.

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.

There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

You can read about it all you want, but there is no substitute for just doing it.

Private sector cannot substitute the role of the government in primary education.

The one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

Judicial abuse occurs when judges substitute their own political views for the law.

I just think it would be interesting. I already applied to be a substitute teacher.

I feel there is no substitute for going out to the movies. There is nothing like it.

Like every player, I want to start more matches rather than be used as a substitute.

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO.

Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers.

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

What I don't believe is that DVDs or HD broadcasts can be a substitute for the real thing.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch.

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - there's no substitute for hard work.

I don't criticize weight training - as long as it is not a substitute for aerobic training.

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.

I did end up doing substitute teaching, but there's not a lot of teaching involved in that.

I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.

The information you get from social media is not a substitute for academic discipline at all.

Language failed me very often, but then, the substitute for me was silence, but not violence.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.

There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting.

If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

There's no escalators - there's only staircases to success. There is no substitute for hard work.

An ascot is never a substitute for a well-tied four-in-hand tie or a slightly disheveled bow tie.

I'm not here to substitute Neymar. Barcelona needed a player in my position, and I'm here to help.

There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as an overnight success or easy money.

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