Usual Quotes

623 Usual quotes by 519 unique authors

But coming home that day, walking downhill with a panorama of valley and hills before me, I turned my gaze inward, and what I saw,… — Bernadette Roberts
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars, monks, or the… — Hermann Hesse
Lightly armed nations can move toward war just as easily as those which are armed to the teeth, and they will do so if the… — Ludwig Quidde
The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household savings, concerns about… — Timothy Geithner
So, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are… — William Makepeace Thackeray
To know only one thing well is to have a barbaric mind: civilization implies the graceful relation of all varieties of experience to a central… — Robert Graves
During the Blitz, a lot of shops had their windows blown in and put up notices saying, 'More open than usual'. I now declare this… — Prince Philip
Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man. — William Allen White
Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I have yet to hear anyone say something that seemed likely… — John Perry Barlow
The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of my own. I… — Bruce Chatwin
My family and I reside on a non-working farm, although we have a couple of horses and the usual stuff like pigs, cows, and chickens.… — Al Jardine
If you donâ€™t want to cry about the state of the economy, why not laugh instead? This book is an ideal introduction to the subject… — Diane Coyle
Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to… — Michael Dirda
One the one hand, our economists treat human beings as rational actors making choices to maximize their own economic benefit. On the other hand, the… — John Michael Greer
There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will. — William Carlos Williams
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

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