Usual Quotes

623 Usual quotes by 519 unique authors

It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people. — Ralph Nader
I am not conscious of working especially hard, or of 'working' at all. Writing and teaching have always been, for me, so richly rewarding that… — Joyce Carol Oates
As usual, my timing is bizarrely good. — Jamie Oliver
I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. — Blaise Pascal
It's about ladies, as usual. I'm telling the ladies I got the right temperature to keep them warm. — Sean Paul
The last time I saw Ted Kennedy was a generation after my first meeting, at the Senate subway below the Capitol on Obama's Inauguration Day.… — Christine Pelosi
You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea… — Walker Percy
I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. — Jackson Pollock
Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody… — Jef Raskin
No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The… — Bertrand Russell
In our usual mind state, we are continually activating the process that in Buddhist terminology is known as 'bhava,' which literally means 'becoming.' In this… — Sharon Salzberg
The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative… — Bob Schieffer
In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above… — Wislawa Szymborska
Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for. — James Taylor
The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?' — Tertullian
The Q I loathe and despise, the Q every single writer I know loathes and despises, is this one: 'Where,' the reader asks, 'do you… — Ayelet Waldman
I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is. — Murray Walker
I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer money and then turn around and act like… — Elizabeth Warren
I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that. — Jacki Weaver
The usual justification for eating extra meals is that it keeps the metabolism 'revved up' so that weight loss is easier. There is, however, very… — Andrew Weil
Despite the usual idea of a figure skater, I have no rhythm when it comes to even walking off the ice. I fall off curbs… — Johnny Weir
It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and a lot of… — Venus Williams
Carbon dioxide is unusual because it doesn't go through the usual three phases of matter, from solid to liquid to gas, but it goes straight… — Robert Winston
Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't. — Jeanette Winterson
Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective. — Naomi Wolf

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