“we not only wish to be pleased, but to be pleased in that particular way in which we have been accustomed to… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
I've become accustomed to not being cast for television and film because of how I look. — Donna Lynne Champlin Copy Share Image
To my deafness I'm accustomed, To my dentures I'm resigned, I can manage my bifocals, But Oh how I miss my mind. — Alec Douglas-Home Copy Share Image
Everyone is desirous of his own pursuits, and loves To spend his time in his accustomed art. — Ovid Copy Share Image
“He was accustomed to paying measurable heed only to those details that bore upon him most directly.” — T.R. Pearson Copy Share Image
I had become so accustomed to succeeding that I no longer even remembered what it was like to fail. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
The military part of our information network - which we were accustomed to rely on for exact information - was the first… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Copy Share Image
“us, denying the body some superfluous fancy, getting accustomed to listening to others, making full use of the time God allots us… — Francis Fernandez Copy Share Image
Bitcoin woke us all up to a new way to pay, and culturally, I think a much larger percentage of us have… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
I never have really become accustomed to the 'John.' Nobody ever really calls me John... I've always been Duke or Marion or… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
The fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The factory farm is . . . an obvious moral evil so sickening and horrendous. . . All this so we can… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
Truth is the first thing that present-day literature lacks. The writer has drowned himself in lies, he is too accustomed to speak… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
To one who is accustomed to thinking a lot, every new thought that he hears or reads about immediately appears as a… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Because the enormous narcissism of their parents deprived Will and Tom of suitable role models, both brothers learned to identify with absence.… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
I know that the materials found on the streets is rich and wonderful, but my experience is that the way I am… — Tina Modotti Copy Share Image
“Stanton smiled. “I love you, buddy.” “You don’t really have much choice in the matter.” “I know. I just wish I was… — Brad Boney Copy Share Image
The rich plankton of pop heroes and pop villains on which we Americans are accustomed to feed, the daily media soup of… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
It is odd to think that there is a word for something which, strictly speaking, does not exist, namely, "rest." We distinguish… — Max Born Copy Share Image
Urban people, of course, are terribly scared nowadays. They may yearn for society, but it is risky to go around talking to… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
The real meaning of persona is a mask, such as actors were accustomed to wear on the ancient stage; and it is… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Ever since the Industrial Revolution, investments in science and technology have proved to be reliable engines of economic growth. If homegrown interest… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The appearance presented by the streets of London an hour before sunrise, on a summer's morning, is most striking even to the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
If you would've asked me about getting a pilot's license before 2005, I'd say you were crazy. After I graduated college, a… — Jessica Cox Copy Share Image
Books should confuse. Literature abhors the typical. Literature flows to the particular, the mundane, the greasiness of paper, the taste of warm… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Prominent and influential editors, accustomed to deal with politicians, men of an infinitely lower grade, say, in their ignorance,that he acted "on… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When I was able to get home it first hit me that you had left and I couldn't do anything about it.… — Sophie Scholl Copy Share Image
Today's enterprise IT architecture is about integrating systems to meet business needs. Consequently, IT architects can't - and don't - live in… — Jamie Lewis Copy Share Image
Of all forms of mental activity, the most difficult to induce even in the minds of the young, who may be presumed… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image