Accustomed Quotes

382 quotes by 331 authors

Seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech… — Leonard Cohen
Are not the thoughts of the dying often turned towards the practical, painful, obscure, visceral aspect, towards the "seamy side" of death which is, as… — Marcel Proust
Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence. — Leo Tolstoy
We have become so accustomed to the religious lie that surrounds us that we do not notice the atrocity, stupidity and cruelty with which the… — Leo Tolstoy
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. — John Lahr
Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws all about him,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
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
Repose is the secret of all contemplation and meditation, the secret of getting in tune with that aspect of life which is the essence of… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
...people today are so accustomed to pretentious nonsense that they see nothing amiss in reading without understanding, and many of them at length discover that… — Unknown Author
Every man who has lived for fifty years has buried a whole world or even two; he has grown used to its disappearance and accustomed… — Alexander Herzen
It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove… — Grenville Kleiser
Sometimes the eye gets so accustomed that if you don't have a change, you're bored. It's the same with fashion, you know. And that, I… — Bill Blass
My father, who educated his children on worldly principles, gave us much money, considering our age; not in order that we might spend it, but,… — George Muller
God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are… — Saint Ambrose
Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently. — Graeme Simsion
Ever since the Industrial Revolution, investments in science and technology have proved to be reliable engines of economic growth. If homegrown interest in those fields… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
As you submit to God more and more, you will get accustomed to being nourished by the power of truth. He is so holy that… — Monica Johnson
From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British government finally decided… — Emmeline Pankhurst
Nothing can be more striking to one who is accustomed to the little inclosures called public parks in our American cities, than the spacious, open… — William Cullen Bryant
The two million or so residents who live beneath the Heathrow flight path are accustomed to the noise. However, they are right to feel that… — Zac Goldsmith

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