Misused Quotes

59 quotes by 54 authors

[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing,… — Carl Sagan
The term 'Pre-Raphaelite' is in danger of becoming one of the most misused tags in art history — Christopher Wood
Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was just a misused word — Rooney Mara
The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical and emotional abuse of… — Mel White
On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong.… — Confucius
But also, the guest workers program, it's quite often misused, meaning people could come in as part of a guest workers program and after two… — Dana Rohrabacher
Any nation which for an extended period puts pleasure before liberty is likely to lose the liberty it misused. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who have… — Steven Biko
Lovers should not separate from each other after making love without admiring each other, without being conquered as well as conquering, so that no feeling… — Hermann Hesse
O, she misused me past the endurance of a block. — William Shakespeare
We've never finished the investigation of 9/11 and whether the administration actually misused the intel information it had. The evidence seems pretty clear to me.… — Wesley Clark
Most misfortunes are the results of misused time. — Napoleon Hill
Science is not perfect. It's often misused; it's only a tool, but it's the best tool we have. Self-correcting , ever changing, applicable to everything:… — Carl Sagan
It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings… — Michael Kinsley
The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology, while still, at the same time, protecting unwitting consumers… — Cliff Stearns
There is no word in our language which has been so much misused and prostituted as the word love. It has been preached by those… — Erich Fromm
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war. — Hans Kung
As a film-maker and a poet, I feel it's my duty to be an eye and an antenna to what's happening around me. I always… — Jonas Mekas
THE STORIES WE TELL fearlessly explores the textures of the human heart, finding a path toward hope through a Savannah that is jagged with class… — Joshilyn Jackson
I'm grateful to be of use. I will not be misused or abused, but I will be of use to anybody. — Maya Angelou

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