Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.' — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To husband is to use with care, to keep, to save, to make last, to conserve. Old usage tells us that there… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It is nonetheless the best usage that decides the meaning of words. — Wilson Follett Copy Share Image
I think we have two conflicting traditions in this country. I think it's important for us to recognize that we've got a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various breathing techniques and why in these practices… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
One of the things I like about my job is that it draws on the entire person: not just your knowledge of… — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
The dominant propaganda systems have appropriated the term "globalization" to refer to the specific version of international economic integration that they favor,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If man did not exist as a world-spanning receptive realm of perception, if he were not engaged in this capacity, nothing at… — Medard Boss Copy Share Image
Usage is like oxygen for ideas. That means every moment you're working on something without it being in the public it's actually… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
Computing shows up in many different ways. You have computing that you wear, computing that you carry. What you think of as… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
In this age of globalization, instant real time media and television, everyone all over the world realizes that high energy usage equates… — John Olver Copy Share Image
As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That is [Edward Said] proposal as to how the term should be used. It surely does not describe those who are called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The combination of cheaper and more widespread broadband and increased mobile usage is turning us all into independent viewers. — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
In mainstream literature, a trope is a figure of speech: metaphor, simile, irony, or the like. Words used other than literally. In… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and… — Harry J. Anslinger Copy Share Image
To assume that wealth or sexuality or the usage of power, any of these things are not void in nature, gives them… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
While our energy efficiency is improving, there is a very high correlation, almost near perfect correlation, between GDP growth, and energy usage. — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
It seems the EPA has worked hard to devise new regulations that are designed to eliminate coal mining, coal burning, usage of… — Hal Rogers Copy Share Image
You gotta think about your category, your replacement cycle, usage, how these things come together and the dynamics are different. — Hosain Rahman Copy Share Image