Usage Quotes

115 quotes by 102 authors

My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not… — David Bohm
I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the journals of 18th-century… — Geraldine Brooks
As devices multiply and usage changes (many users coming online today may never use a desktop machine), it becomes more and more important to ensure… — Larry Page
Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is with-held, the better for you; for compound interest on compound… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born; that they are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what… — Elmore Leonard
Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church, baptism is given… — Origen
The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion. — Mary Hunter Austin
Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines. — Bill Bryson
Those who sniff decay in every shift of sense or alteration of usage do the language no service. Too often for such people the notion… — Bill Bryson
The dominant propaganda systems have appropriated the term "globalization" to refer to the specific version of international economic integration that they favor, which privileges the… — Noam Chomsky
Many expressions that are in common usage, and sometimes the structure of language itself, reveal the fact that people don't know who they are. You… — Eckhart Tolle
If you get a song right for its usage at the time, it can be useful to others. ...Those songs are more friendly to other… — Rodney Crowell
As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction that in carrying… — James Madison
Rushing to optimize before the bottlenecks are known may be the only error to have ruined more designs than feature creep. From tortured code to… — Eric S. Raymond
Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004. On February 5, we were feeling pretty confident, even from observing the first few hours of usage. Students… — Dustin Moskovitz
I believe we should use any and all means necessary to take out people who pose a threat to us and our friends around the… — Mitt Romney
What made traditional economies so radically different and so very fundamentally dangerous to Western economies were the traditional principles of prosperity of Creation versus scarcity… — Rebecca Adamson
The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor,… — Elizabeth Drew
There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from… — Harry J. Anslinger

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