Usual Quotes · Page 15

I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school…

— Dale T. Mortensen

But in his experience it was only a matter of time before the normal balance of the universe restored itself and started…

— Terry Pratchett

[I]nstead of the usual "Why can't we make movies more like real life?" I think a more pertinent question is "Why can't…

— Ernie Pyle

I am receiving what I suppose to be the usual number of threatening letters on the subject. Assassination can be no more…

— James A. Garfield

Whenever, then, the usual and ordinary rate of the profits of agricultural stock, and all the outgoings belonging to the cultivation of…

— David Ricardo

A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith's usual result.

— William James

Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people…

— John Boehner

But as usual there's no answer to this. As usual, that's just how it is.

— Audrey Niffenegger

In 1915 Sophie Tauber and I carried out our first works in the simplest forms, using painting, embroidery and pasted paper (without…

— Hans Arp

The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.

— Luc de Clapiers

If I'm not travelling for external meetings, my usual day at work starts with a quiet session to plan and prioritise things…

— Azran Osman Rani

You're talking to investors - and investors, they look at you and they realize, you know, not every business they invest in…

— David Plotz

Their usual mistaken premise is that they affirm some consensus among people, at least among tame peoples, concerning certain moral principles, and…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person.

— James Hillman

But an opinion that it is possible for the present generation to seize and use the property of future generations has produced…

— John Taylor of Caroline

But coming home that day, walking downhill with a panorama of valley and hills before me, I turned my gaze inward, and…

— Bernadette Roberts

Meditation, in the beginning, is just replacement thinking. Instead of having the usual negative things that wander around in your mind, you…

— Frederick Lenz

Accept that your life is going on beyond your usual understanding.

— Dainin Katagiri

I cannot be grasped in the here and now, For my dwelling place is much among the dead, As the yet unborn,…

— Paul Klee

I hate orthodox criticism. I don't mean great criticism, like that of Matthew Arnold and others, but the usual small niggling, fussy-mussy…

— Brenda Ueland

Lisp doesn't look any deader than usual to me.

— David Thornley

When you talk about fantasy, the usual problem is that whilst you've got the world of imagination, there are no controlling forces.

— Raymond E. Feist

In essence, Chrome OS is the GNU/Linux operating system. However, it is delivered without the usual applications, and rigged up to impede…

— Richard Stallman

Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one…

— Sarah Zettel

Screwing business as usual fundamentally recognises that doing good is good for business.

— Richard Branson