Uses Quotes

958 Uses quotes by 800 unique authors

I think that Jean Houston has broken through to a new understanding of the sense and uses of inward-turned contemplation-a n understanding that leaves the… — Joseph Campbell
Speaking uses us up, speeds us up. Without prayer, that act of confession for merely existing, one might live forever and not know it. — Gregory Maguire
On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of time and consciousness are offered to it… — Georg Simmel
Study how a society uses its land, and you can come to pretty reliable conclusions as to what its future will be. — E F Schumacher
Thus you may multiply each stone 4 times & no more for they will then become oyles shining in ye dark and fit for magicall… — Isaac Newton
It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative. — Jesse Helms
Preaching is the primary means of growth for the local church. There is a great deal of debate about this in our day, but it… — James Montgomery Boice
It never ceases to amaze me to see how much territory can be grasped if one merely masters and consistently uses all the obvious and… — Charlie Munger
We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our… — Larry Wall
The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the more ethical concerns… — Jane Goodall
Permaculture offers a radical approach to food production and urban renewal, water, energy and pollution. It integrates ecology, landscape, organic gardening, architecture and agro-forestry in… — Bill Mollison
It is untrue that fiction is nonutilitarian. The uses of fiction are synonymous with the uses of literature. They include refreshment, clarification of life, self-awareness,… — Leland Ryken
Some facts in life are immutable. One is, trust no-one who uses the word 'trope'. — Mark Gatiss
Play for young children is not recreation activity, It is not leisure-time activity nor escape activity. Play is thinking time for young children. It is… — James L Hymes
What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own… — Katherine Dunn
As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. It should make our days holy to us. The… — Edith Sitwell
Sometimes it is the destinations out of reach that create the circumstances God uses to remind that we are never out of his reach. — Andy Stanley
God uses millions of no-name influencers every day in the simplest selfless acts of service. They are the teachers whose names will never be in… — Mel Lawrenz
Language uses us as much as we use language. — Robin Lakoff
[I]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The divine gift is ever the instant life, which receives and uses and creates, and can well bury the old in the omnipotency with which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is of man uses manipulation to conform. What is of #God uses implantation to transform. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The pillars of classical liberalism call for flat taxes, with revenues put to limited uses; strong property rights; and free markets. — Richard Allen Epstein
I don't think there is anyone who needs God's help as much as I do. Sometimes I feel so helpless and weak. I think that… — Mother Teresa
The power generated of ten minds for good is superior to that of ten thousand minds acting on a lower motive. But it is a… — Prentice Mulford

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