Usage Quotes

115 quotes by 102 authors

I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with… — Roland Barthes
An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal usage of all… — Vera Nazarian
Elasticsearch is all about scale for us. At Foursquare, we handle tens of millions of searches across 50 million locations each day. Elasticsearch returns real-time… — Andrew Hogue
To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go. The tales of rough usage are for the most part exaggerations, as also are the… — Joshua Slocum
It is important that the United States move with all deliberate speed to develop and get into usage alternative fuels that will allow us to… — Virgil Goode
We understand the need to balance our short- and longer-term needs because our revenue is the engine that funds all our innovation. But over time,… — Larry Page
The stars associated with the solar system, such as the planets and asteroids (and it should be remembered that the term star in Biblical usage… — Henry M. Morris
We are about to enter a new era in which, each year, less net energy will be available to humankind, regardless of our efforts or… — Richard Heinberg
Their Internet usage is growing very rapidly, and even they can do the math: If everyone in China needed an IPv4 address - just one… — Vinton Cerf
If men are discharged of reverence for ancient usage, they will treat this world, almost certainly, as if it were their private property, to be… — Russell Kirk
If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do… — George Orwell
She was, in fact, quite a pleasant looking girl, even if her bosom had clearly been intended for a girl two feet taller; but she… — Terry Pratchett
This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to… — William Strunk, Jr.
The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in usage, but relatively, JavaScript or its variants, or XML,… — Dennis Ritchie
If somebody's in prison for non-violence, drug usage, and never committed a hard crime, they should be pardoned and let out. — Ron Paul
USAGE, n. The First Person of the literary Trinity, the Second and Third being Custom and Conventionality. Imbued with a decent reverence for this Holy… — Ambrose Bierce
The meaning ascribed in popular usage to the word 'selfishness' is not merely wrong: it represents a devastating intellectual 'package-deal,' which is responsible, more than… — Ayn Rand
To husband is to use with care, to keep, to save, to make last, to conserve. Old usage tells us that there is a husbandry… — Wendell Berry
There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guaranty of the fulfillment of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Usage is like oxygen for ideas. — Matt Mullenweg

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