Best 5697 quotes in «use quotes» category

At another location, we found barrels of chemical material that was intended for use as biochemical weapons. Everyone talks about there being no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but they seem to be referring to completed nuclear bombs, not the many deadly chemical weapons or precursors that Saddam had stockpiled.

A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.

A temple is a place in which those whom He has chosen are endowed with power from on high—a power which enables us to use our gifts and capabilities—to bring to pass our Heavenly Father's purposes in our own lives and the lives of those we love.

At bottom, no real object is unpoetical, if the poet knows how to use it properly.

A terrible depression yesterday. Visions of my life petering out into a kind of soft-brained stupor from lack of use.

At first you might find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred space and use it, eventually something will happen. Your sacred space is where you find yourself again and again.

A time comes when you don't have to use meditation techniques anymore. You just sit down and you are nonexistence itself.

A thousand things to be written had I time: had I power. A very little writing uses up my capacity for writing.

At present, there can be little doubt that the whole of mankind is in mortal danger, not because we are short of scientific and technological know-how, but because we tend to use it destructively, without wisdom. More education can help us only if produces more wisdom.

A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

At some point you have to believe that the inadequacies of the words you use will be transcended by the faith with which you use them. You have to believe that poetry has some reach into reality itself, or you have to go silent.

Attacking me and women who use contraception by calling us prostitutes and worse cannot silence us.

At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.

At the end of the day, how many ads did it take to convince you to use Facebook or Twitter? It wasn't marketing or advertising that convinced you to use these services. It was their value.

At the heart of each spiritual tradition is the question of how to be in the world without losing what matters, and whether living an awakened life is of any use if we don't bring what matters to bear on the world.

At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.

Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment.

A value is like a fax machine: it’s not much use if you’re the only one who has one.

A value strategy is of little use to the impatient investor since it usually takes time to pay off.

Authors of published papers and editors of scientific journals can, unfortunately, be slow to come to terms with criticism, and it's good that we can use blogs to express specific criticisms of published articles and to use social media to disseminate these criticisms.

A very great Memory often forgetteth how much Time is lost by repeating things of no Use.

A victim of the use of water as a beverage.

Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge.

Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network.

A war must be avoided at all costs. Russia is against any type of use of external force.

A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

A weapon you held and didn't know how to use belonged to your enemy.

A weed is a plant we've found no use for yet.

A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.

A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.

A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.

A woman's wardrobe shouldn't change every six months. You should be able to use the pieces you already own and add to them. Because they are like timeless classics.

[A] world in which it is wrong to murder an individual civilian and right to drop a thousand tons of high explosive on a residential area does sometimes make me wonder whether this earth of ours is not a loony bin made use of by some other planet. Not to have a national anthem would be logical.

A writer has a use for his experiences that most civilians simply don't; he or she discerns material in situations that others simply live through. Perhaps there are some who disapprove of this, but without this double consciousness, literature would not get made at all.

A writer is always observant, of course... You can take the kernel of something - part of it - and use it in a book.

A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch.

A writer is someone who tells you one thing so someday he can tell his readers another thing: what he was thinking but declined to say, or what he would have thought had he been wiser. A writer turns his life into material, and if you're in his life, he uses yours, too.

Bad things are always going to happen in life; People will eventually hurt you, but you can't use that as an excuse to hurt someone back.

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.

Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks he can talk about language.

Beauty, if you do not open your doors, takes age from lack of use.

Beauty, you're under arrest. I have a camera, and I'm not afraid to use it.

Be blissful and enjoy your life; do not let yourself become obsessed with anything. Determine to use the rest of your life to benefit others as much as possible.

Because humor brings us back to earth, it helps us to use well what is left to us even when we are keenly aware of what we have lost or been denied. Only those who know how to weep can also laugh heartily.

Because I’ve got a lot more terms of endearment to use. Honey pie. Sugarplum. Bread pudding," “Why are they all high-calorie foods?

Because Mathematicians frequently make use of Time, they ought to have a distinct idea of the meaning of that Word, otherwise they are Quacks.

Because I was starting out in my 20's. I wanted to do it on my own. I didn't want to use my dad or have people say I was using him.

Because of technology, we don't develop telepathy. We don't use telepathy, but use, you know, the mobile phones. Why?

Because of the confusion surrounding the term "agnosticism," it would seem better to use the very similar term "rationalism" in its place when referring to the original Huxleyan meaning of the term. The use of "rationalist" for "agnostic" would also seem to be less ambiguous.

Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space.