Best 5697 quotes in «use quotes» category

Ted is smart and good-looking, but he doesn't use it to good effect, like a rich person that never gives to charity.

Teen pregnancy went way down in the '90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.

Temperance is a bridle of gold; he, who uses it rightly, is more like a god than a man.

Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with common natures: Use 'em kindly, they rebel; But be rough as nutmeg-graters, And the rogues obey you well.

Terrorism is like jujitsu: The small players win if they make the large player use his strength against himself.

Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.

Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.

Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.

Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.

That decision to use basically all white models, reveals a trait that is unbecoming to modern society. It can no longer be accepted...

That is all the National Parks are about. Use, but do no harm.

That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society.

That part of a work of one author found in another is not of itself piracy, or sufficient to support an action; a man may adopt part of the work of another; he may so make use of another’s labors for the promotion of science and the benefit of the public.

That's because I've learned how to use it [smile], Woserit said. I don't pass it out like an old woman giving free milk to the village cats. It's something that must be controlled, and for you especially. You use it on anyone. You must learn to be more judicious.

That's one of the ways language evolved, by some very obscure form becoming common usage. And I must say that I'm very intrigued by use of language and slang, and criminal underground terms.

That's the way it is with influence, you know; if you don't use it all the time, people will forget you have it.

…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use.

That's where I'd like to be: when the business says here's a good actor who is marketable so we can use him. Just that.

That’s what you taught me - we don’t have to accept destiny or Des Tiny. We can create our own future, all of us. We have the power to rule our lives - we just have to make the choice to use it.

That's why it has to be a nonprofit, because a nonprofit is required to take monies it receives and use them for the purposes for which it's chartered by the government. It can't be pocketed.

That's why the smartest companies use Common Lisp, but lie about it so all their competitors think Lisp is slow and C++ is fast.

That we have the vote means nothing. That we use it in the right way means everything.

That was how I was going to get things back to normal-by working. I never thought I would use the words “working” and “normal” in the same sentence, but I'll try anything to avoid facing reality.

That which once was, will be no more. Yesterday will never come again. To-day is passing, and will not return. You may work while it is day; but when you have lost that day, it will not return for you to work in. While your candle burns, you may make use of its light, but when it is done, it is too late to use it.

The 20th century was the time when the world turned to use of fossil fuels and the 21st century will be the century of the renewables.

The acquisition however perfectly of skills is not an end in itself. They are things to be put to use as a contribution to a common and shared life.

The actual and potential harm of use of the drug is not great enough to justify intrusion by the criminal law into private behavior, a step which our society takes only 'with the greatest reluctance’.

The addiction isn't your problem - it is what you use to cope with your problem.

The aim and end of the artist is not truth exactly, much less fact; it is effect... There is no doubt he [the photographer] best gets his effect by way of truth, but he uses it as he would a servant, not a master.

THE ALLURE OF Montana is like a commitment to a narcotic; you can never use it up or get enough of it. Its wilderness areas probably resemble the earth on the first day of creation.

The aim is to influence customers to use your product on their own, again and again without relying on overt calls to action such as ads or promotions.

The alliance with air Berlin is attractive for me. I can use the whole sales network of the air Berlin and 24 percent of my own airline at air Berlin sold.

The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below

The Andes region is not stable. So we can expect to see more US intervention. It could be under any kind of pretext. We can no longer use the Russians as an excuse, as we did in Central America in the 1980's, so drugs will have to do.

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.

The analogy I use is that 'World of Warcraft' is like going to the mall: you see a ton of people there, but you don't really want to interact with them; you just want to know you're part of the human race. And if you get in trouble, you'll know someone else is there.

The apparent craziness of the world, like everything else, is a gift that we can use to set our minds free.

The apprentice realist uses line as a net to capture his prey, an imitation of reality. But soon he becomes enchanted with line as a thing. It becomes a servant of his pleasure.

The approach is that the best way to use unwanted circumstances on the path of enlightenment is not to resist but to lean into them.

... The approach of von Neumann and Connes to the use of non-commutative algebra in physics is naive, the situation is much more complicated.

The application of GIS is limited only by the imagination of those who use it

THE ARTISTIC IMAGE IS ALWAYS A METONYM, WHERE ONE THING IS SUBSTITUTED FOR ANOTHER, THE SMALLER FOR THE GREATER. TO TELL OF WHAT IS LIVING, THE ARTIST USES SOMETHING DEAD; TO SPEAK OF THE INFINITE, HE SHOWS THE FINITE.

The artist who uses the least of what is called imagination will be the greatest.

The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such a lavish use of superlatives, that no standard of value whatever is intact.

The artist uses the talent he has, wishing he had more talent. The talent uses the artist it has, wishing it had more artist.

The atom cannot disobey the law. Whether it is the mental or the physical atom, it must obey the law. "What is the use of [external restraint]?

The arts are encroaching one upon another, and from a proper use of this encroachment will rise the art that is truly monumental.

The animals to whom nature has given the faculty we call cunning know always when to use it, and use it wisely; but when man descends to cunning he blunders and betrays.