Make Use Quotes

173 quotes by 155 authors

The more sparingly we make use of nonsense, the better. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade Of the leaf where you slumbered all day; Be content with the moon and the stars, pretty moth,… — Thomas Haynes Bayly
Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it. — Luc de Clapiers
The public spirit is in the hands of the man who knows how to make use of it. — Napoleon Bonaparte
By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by killing… — Thomas Aquinas
As a rule, with me an unfinished [idea] is a thing that might as well be rubbed out. It's better, if there's something good in… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
When it [truth] emerges it often bears out the saying that 'truth is stranger than fiction.' A novelist has to appear plausible, and would hesitate… — Bill Vaughan
Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can make use of our multiple intelligences. — Howard Gardner
For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. — Christopher Columbus
A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway. — Joseph Conrad
I had a real yearning to make use of the opportunities I had at school. When I heard about the gap year of teaching English… — Benedict Cumberbatch
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just… — Orison Swett Marden
Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. — Alexander Pope
I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that… — Nancy Reagan
I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount Olympus. I decided that if I were… — Sonia Sotomayor
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. — Alexis de Tocqueville
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. — Voltaire
The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade the… — Oscar Wilde
Palindrome as well. My sister's name is Hannah. Father liked word games. He was fourteen times World Scrabble Champion. When he died, we buried him… — Jasper Fforde
In general I ask for books that make use of learning, not those that build it up. — Michel de Montaigne

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