Accustomed Quotes

382 quotes by 335 authors

We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The two Christians met on the way many people who were going to their towns, women and men, with a firebrand in the hand, [and]… — Christopher Columbus
Some white people are so accustomed to operating at a competitive advantage that when the playing field is level, they feel handicapped. — Nathan McCall
On both sides of the line, we are so accustomed to an undefended boundary three thousand miles long that we are inclined perhaps to minimize… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we… — Pericles
Today's enterprise IT architecture is about integrating systems to meet business needs. Consequently, IT architects can't - and don't - live in a vacuum. To… — Jamie Lewis
The mind of a horse is a very limited concern, relying almost entirely upon memory. He rivals our politicians in that he has little real… — Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it. — Franklin P. Adams
All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy,… — Hippocrates
What a thing is and what it means are not separate, the former being physical and the latter mental as we are accustomed to believe. — James J. Gibson
It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good service. — Neil Cavuto
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from… — Fritz Kreisler
The anthropologist must relinquish his comfortable position in the long chair on the veranda of the missionary compound, Government station, or planter's bungalow, where, armed… — Bronislaw Malinowski
Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, youâ€™re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense hunger.… — Jon Krakauer
The act of living had been enjoyable; at some point when I was not paying attention, it had turned into a different sort of experience,… — Paul Bowles
By these pleasures it is permitted to relax the mind with play, in turmoils of the mind, or when our labors are light, or in… — Gerolamo Cardano
Poe wrote like a drunkard and a man who is not accustomed to pay his debts. — Arthur Twining Hadley
In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face. That is a rather startling thing… — J. C. R. Licklider
DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress — Harriet Ann Jacobs
Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to. — Eric Gill

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