Misuse Quotes

121 quotes by 119 authors

...human beings are a species splendid in their array of moral equipment, tragic in their propensity to misuse it, and pathetic in their ignorance of… — Robert Wright
The idea, therefore, that religious faith is somehow a sacred human conventionâ€”distinguished, as it is, both by the extravagance of its claims and by the… — Sam Harris
Well, that's why smart people get tripped up with worry and fear. Worry...fear...is just a misuse of the creative imagination that has been placed in… — Andy Andrews
but there's no nation uncorrupted. there's no system that's immune to the misuse of money. — Gregory David Roberts
Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort. It would cost nothing to lay down if it were… — Charles Dickens
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it. — Plutarch
These books have not made George nobler or better or more truly wise. It is just that he likes listening to their voices, the one… — Christopher Isherwood
A man who doesn't say what he means or do what he says, craves attention and misuses it when he gets it, doesn't share what… — Sister Souljah
This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to… — Martin Luther
Without a constant misuse of language there cannot be any discovery, any progress — Paul Feyerabend
You can't dingleberry that! That's a flagrant misuse of the dingleberry! — John Green
It is possible, I think, to say that... a Christian agriculture [is] formed upon the understanding that it is sinful for people to misuse or… — Wendell Berry
There are not too many fables about man's misuse of sunflower seeds. — Richard Brautigan
The way to misuse our possessions is to use them as an insurance against the morrow. Anxiety is always directed to the morrow, whereas goods… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime...Please, treat your garlic with respect...Avoid… — Anthony Bourdain
The word God has become empty of meaning through thousands of years of misuse... By misuse, I mean that people who have never glimpsed the… — Eckhart Tolle
The criminal misuse of time was pointing out the mistakes. Catching themâ€•noticing themâ€•that was essential. If you did not in your own mind distinguish between… — Orson Scott Card
... the scientist would maintain that knowledge in of itself is wholly good, and that there should be and are methods of dealing with misuses… — Percy Williams Bridgman
Science is a magnificent force, but it is not a teacher of morals. It can perfect machinery, but it adds no moral restraints to protect… — William Jennings Bryan
I have the profoundest respect for people who behave in a generous way because of religion. But I come from a country where the misuse… — Amin Maalouf

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