Custom Quotes

367 quotes by 277 authors

Cadence Encounter Conformal Custom provides a quicker turnaround as the result of its exhaustive verification without the use of stimuli, .. Cadence continues to invest… — Michael Chang
It is the custom of Venice to paint on canvas, either because it does not split and is not worm-eaten, or because pictures can be… — Giorgio Vasari
Even as he would be guilty of falsehood who would, in the name of another person, proffer things that are not committed to him, so… — Thomas Aquinas
The custom of the Church has very great authority and ought to be jealously observed in all things. — Thomas Aquinas
The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole… — Saint Francis de Sales
Further in Summer than the Birds Pathetic from the Grass A minor Nation celebrates Its unobtrusive Mass. No Ordinance be seen So gradual the Grace… — Emily Dickinson
The routine of custom tends to deaden even scientific inquiry; it stands in the way of discovery and of the active scientific worker. For discovery… — John Dewey
Who is he that shall control me? Why may not I act and speak and write and think with entire freedom? What am I to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is quite useless to declare that all men are born free if you deny that they are born good . Guarantee a man's goodness… — George Bernard Shaw
Fashion is nothing more than the temporary custom of rich and idle people who make it their principal business to study the external elegance of… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a currency that it… — Bill Vaughan
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors, and… — Richard Armour
The custom of procuring abortions has reached such appalling proportions in America as to be beyond belief... So great is the misery of the working… — Emma Goldman
Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money. — Ben Jonson
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none. — Henry Fielding
In each human heart terror survives The ravin it has gorged: the loftiest fear All that they would disdain to think were true: Hypocrisy and… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom. — William Congreve
Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent. — Will Durant
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. — Thomas Hardy

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