Using Quotes

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Some care is needed in using Descartes' argument. "I think, therefore I am" says rather more than is strictly certain. It might seem as though… — Bertrand Russell
I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum — George Bernard Shaw
Charlie had Sophie strapped to his chest like a terrorist baby bomb when he came down the back steps. She had just gotten to the… — Christopher Moore
When I'm writing, I'm waiting to see somebody, and I'm waiting to hear them. It's almost like conjuring spirits out of the air, using your… — Charles Baxter
Three in the morning. Making yourself a cup of coffee in the dark, using a flashlight when you pour the boiling water. — William Gibson
But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know, I've been using it for years — Tallulah Bankhead
If you make your heart into a weapon, you end up using it on yourself. — Gregory David Roberts
You'll have to ask Bill that, Sookie. And this is the only reason we're going? You're not cleverly using this as an excuse to make… — Charlaine Harris
He saw the girl watching him and he smiled at her. It was an old smile that he had been using for fifty years, ever… — Ernest Hemingway
I didn't want to believe that killing was deep inside of me. I didn't want to think about the part of me that took a… — Jim Butcher
Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance… — Oscar Wilde
Men lose their birthrights for a mess of pottage only if they stop using the gifts given them by God for their betterment. By prayer.… — Richard Llewellyn
Is it snowing where you are? All the world that I see from my tower is draped in white and the flakes are coming down… — Jean Webster
I laughed. â€œYouâ€™re too young to be so â€¦ pessimistic,â€ I said, using the English word. â€œPessi-what?â€ â€œPessimistic. It means looking only at the dark… — Haruki Murakami
I had rescued the moment by using my camera and in that way had found how to stop time and hold it. No one could… — Alice Sebold
No", Tori said, " I kidnapped her and forced her to escape with me. I've been using her as a human shield against those guys… — Kelley Armstrong
I'm all right,' Jace protested, but his hand gripped Alec's sleeve tightly. 'I can stand.' It looks to me like you're using a wall to… — Cassandra Clare
In this way, Edwin Hubble worked out the distances to nine different galaxies. We now know that our galaxy is only one of some hundred… — Stephen Hawking
The word "metaphor" means carrying something from one place to another . . . and it is when you describe something by using a word… — Mark Haddon

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