Usual Quotes

623 Usual quotes by 519 unique authors

In our government-controlled schools we are taught that Lincoln was our greatest president because his war ended slavery and saved the Union. As usual, the… — Richard J. Maybury
Nature is nowhere accustomed more openly to display her secret mysteries than in cases where she shows tracings of her workings apart from the beaten… — William Harvey
If you are bent on assuming a pose and never reveal yourself to anyone frankly, in the fashion of many who live a false life… — Seneca the Younger
'Imagine a person whose memory could not retain what the word 'pain' meant-so that he constantly called different things by that name-but nevertheless used the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Perhaps the best argument...that the Big Bang supports theism is the obvious unease with which it is greeted by some atheist physicists. At times this… — Unknown Author
"I am not a Muslim in the usual sense, though I hope I am a "Muslim" as "one surrendered to God," but I believe that… — William Montgomery Watt
The word bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out. — George Carlin
Over the past decades...while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual', I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one… — Anita Roddick
CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these… — James Hansen
I think one should forgive and remember .... If you forgive and forget in the usual sense, you're just driving what you remember into the… — Faith Baldwin
In any case, the bayonet isn't as important as it used to be. It's more usual now to go into the attack with hand-grenades and… — Erich Maria Remarque
Lampard, as usual, arrived in the nick of time, but it wasn't quite soon enough. — Alan Parry
We are not interested in the unusual, but in the usual seen unusually. — Beaumont Newhall
In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the… — Charles Francis Richter
A combination of very rapid population growth over the last 50 years and reckless economic growth during the same time has stored up massive problems… — Jonathon Porritt
A man can be a Christian or a patriot, but he can't legally be a Christian and a patriot - except in the usual way:… — Mark Twain
Grassroots groups challenge the "business-as-usual" environmentalism that is generally practiced by the more privileged wildlife-and conservation-oriented groups. The focus of activists of color and their… — Robert D Bullard
The choice is ours-yours and mine. We can stay with business as usual and preside over a global bubble economy that keeps expanding until it… — Lester R. Brown
In cases of doubtful morality, it is usual to say is there any harm in doing this? This question may sometimes be best answered by… — Charles Caleb Colton

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