David Bellamy - Francois-Anatole Thibault - Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand - Horace - Proverbs - AnnaLynne McCord - Samuel Johnson - George Bernard Shaw - Tertullian - Stephen King - Philip Sidney - Oscar Wilde - Nothing Lasts Forever 2023 -
I remember once going to a school to plant a tree and there were four hundred kids in this school and they all had Lenny Henry beards on and they were all were better at doing me than I was. David Bellamy
Imitation lies at the root of most human actions. A respectable person is one who conforms to custom. People are called good when they do as others do. Francois-Anatole Thibault, 1844-1924
The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by others. Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, 1768-1848
O imitators, you slavish herd. Horace, Epistles
Imitation is the best form of flattery. Early 19th century proverb
I know imitation is the highest form of flattery, but stealing one’s identity is totally different. AnnaLynne McCord
No man was ever great by imitation. Samuel Johnson
Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning. George Bernard Shaw
The devil, whose business is to pervert the truth, mimics the exact circumstance of the Divine Sacraments. He baptises his believers and promises forgiveness of sins ... He celebrates the oblation of bread, and brings in the symbol of resurrection. Let us therefore acknowledge the craftiness of the devil, who copied certain things of those that be Divine. Tertullian, from Prescription Against Heretics chXL
Each life makes its own imitation of immortality. Stephen King
Comedy is an imitation of the common errors of our life. Philip Sidney, The Defence of Poetry
Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life. Oscar Wilde, Intentions, 1891
Everything could be made same as a natural base. I like so much the idea about synthetic diamonds. It is much much cheaper than natural stones. And also, they looks better. Nothing Lasts Forever, Dumac Simic, gemologist, Netflix 2023
Why should we still mine for diamonds? ibid. interviewer
De Beers invented a way to sell to people. ibid. designer
The sale of synthetic diamonds as diamond engagement rings is a fundamental violation of the ethics of the diamond industry. You’d be hurting people where it counts. ibid. Rapaport
We sell the idea behind the diamonds. ibid.
Like every origin story it’s been … embroidered. ibid. designer
It’s the non-disclosure of synthetics which is creating a fear psychosis. ibid. man in the know