Usual Quotes

623 Usual quotes by 519 unique authors

Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors preparing for more… — Howard Zinn
If people keep buying poorly designed products, manufacturers and designers will think they are doing the right thing and continue as usual. — Donald A. Norman
A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous… — Tom Freston
For a long time - and this particular time with greater force than usual - summer has been a season that gives me a sense… — Patrick Modiano
A relationship that has any depth and power at all will inevitably penetrate our usual shield of defenses, exposing our most tender and sensitive spots,… — John Welwood
Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy we… — Majora Carter
Youth Ministry, as traditionally organized, has also suffered the impact of social changes. Young people often fail to find responses to their concerns, needs, problems… — Pope Francis
The unusual wins out over the usual. — Sam Abell
On the weekends I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall. — Zhang Xi
Screwing business as usual fundamentally recognises that doing good is good for business. — Richard Branson
The Army, as usual, are without pay; and a great part of the soldiery without shirts; and though the patience of them is equally threadbare,… — George Washington
When I first prepared this particular talk... I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the things that I… — Alan Kay
Every sinew in my body came together in one perfect whole. But those who have ever experienced that feeling, and it doesn't happen very often,… — Unknown Author
[I]nstead of the usual "Why can't we make movies more like real life?" I think a more pertinent question is "Why can't real life be… — Ernie Pyle
One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the… — Winston Churchill
After three elections, voters finally caught on that Obama's faults were not in the stars, but in himself. They apparently tired of the usual distractions… — Victor Davis Hanson
Imagination begins when it' s raining too hard to go out and play and you become really absorbed in something you would never have thought… — Joan D. Chittister
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting… — George Washington
We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to. — Jack Irons
I lifted my right foot to step up into the bus and collided head on with an invisible force that entered my awareness like a… — Suzanne Segal
A direful death indeed they had That would put any parent mad But she was more than usual calm She did not give a singel… — Marjorie Fleming
When I slept it was literally in the midst of an arsenal. If I heard dogs bark more fiercely than usual, or the feet of… — Frank James
This crisis is not simply a more severe version of the usual business cycle recession, the typical downturn in which economies ultimately adjust and stabilize. — Timothy Geithner
In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized. — Gangaji
A Dark Night is a mental and emotional state of despair that arises when something is so painful that it blots out all other considerations… — Susan Piver

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