If you don't know the purpose of something, all you can do is misuse it. — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The life of every river sings its own song, but in most the song is long marred by the discords of misuse. — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
It is a misuse of our power to take responsibility for solving problems that belong to others. — Peter Block Copy Share Image
African-Americans are being disproportionately affected by, you know, the kind of misuse and abuse of power. — Ras Baraka Copy Share Image
I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort. It would cost nothing to lay down… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
While some misuse their freedom to perpetrate evil, millions respond by feeling compelled to use their freedom to do good. — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of… — Mark Hatfield Copy Share Image
Worst of all, however, is the devastation wrought by the misuse of religious conviction for political ends. In truth, we cannot sharply… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Art is so valuable that I think its misuse is really dangerous. When it's used well, when it's telling a story well… — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
I was told by my father, who was a priest, that it was the basic duty of a Muslim to establish peace… — Asghar Ali Engineer Copy Share Image
Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car.… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Grown-up people seem to be busy by clockwork... They run their unswerving course from object to object, directed by some mysterious inner… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“When someone would mistreat, misinform, misuse, misguide, mishandle, mislead… or any other "mis"… to others, they’re obviously missing something from their lives.” — Donald L. Hicks Copy Share Image
“I won't compete with anybody. I love to compete with my own body. When God closes a door against me, I should… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Your soul is the root, its the root of everything. And when He tells you how to handle sex, He made it,… — Lacey Mosley Copy Share Image
Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name of religious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I've written The Challenge for Africa is to save it. Surely there are so many problems we… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The word God has become empty of meaning through thousands of years of misuse... By misuse, I mean that people who have… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
What concerns me most is the horrible degradation our notions of truth, civility, and decency have undergone. Also the way that language… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
One of the signs of the imminent Apocalypse is the "bitterness of all waters," and anyone traveling through eastern Europe, the former… — Marq de Villiers Copy Share Image
Every year tens of thousands of animals suffer and die in laboratory tests of cosmetics and household products...despite the fact that the… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
Capitalism had arisen through the misuse and exaggeration of certain rights, notably the right of property - the basis of economic freedom… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
“People of very different opinions--friends who can discuss politics, religion, and sex with perfect civility--are often reduced to red-faced rage when the… — Jack Lynch Copy Share Image
There are not too many fables about man's misuse of sunflower seeds. — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image
