Accustomed Quotes

382 quotes by 331 authors

Literally as well as metaphorically, the man accustomed to inverting lenses has undergone a revolutionary transformation of vision. — Thomas Kuhn
The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us. — Claudius Claudianus
I have not got accustomed to English life. The food is truly disastrous and it rains all the time. — Patrice Evra
We have become accustomed to living our life with joy amidst pain and challenges. — Dana Reeve
A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything. — Napoleon Bonaparte
How frightful a thing it is for the preacher when he becomes accustomed to his work, when his sense of wonder departs, when he gets… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and unenquiring eye perceives neither novelty… — John Herschel
From earliest childhood the boy was accustomed to feel that, for him, life was double. Winter and summer, town and country, law and liberty, were… — Henry Adams
It is so natural for us to consider our presence as indispensable in the world, so long as we have much to do in it,… — Christian Nestell Bovee
I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I… — Barbara Corcoran
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake. — Rene Descartes
I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights… — Cameron Diaz
We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary. — Everett Dirksen
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones. — Euripides
Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals. — Jesse Helms
Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it. — Edmund Hillary
Men become accustomed to poison by degrees. — Victor Hugo
Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. — Thomas Jefferson
The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed. — Elia Kazan
I've gone through back surgery a couple times, and of course, my radiation treatments for six weeks got me to the point where I was… — Mario Lemieux

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