Poor Substitute Quotes

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

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

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

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

Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.