Quotes About Use

It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.

Cuando alguien nos pregunta qué somos en política o, anticipándose con la insolencia que pertenece al estilo de nuestro tiempo, nos adscribe a una, en vez de responder, debemos preguntar al impertinente qué piensa él que es el hombre y la naturaleza y la historia, qué es la sociedad y el individuo, la colectividad, el Estado, el uso, el derecho. La política se apresura a apagar las luces para que todos estos gatos resulten pardos

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

God has graced you with many gifts, and you are very dear to Him, because you allow Him to use you as a partner in the work He has planned for your life.

St. Augustine says: " Baptism does not consist in the merits of those by whom it is ad ministered, nor in the merits of those to whom it is ad ministered, but in its own sanctity and truth, on account of Him by whom it has been instituted, [it is] for the perdition of those who use it badly and for the salvation of those who use it well." 30

With this life I give you love. Use it well for all the cats who look to you for protection.

Could there be another place for coldhearted cats who had been ready to use the warrior code for their own dark ambitions?

The kingdom is here. We are in it. The "sum of money" that we are left with is not something to be guarded, protected, and kept safe, but put to good use.

I tell my son, when your music becomes less relevant, your pathetic comic value might be of some use. So you've got to go with it, you know.

Part of a campaign reporter's job is allowing yourself to be used.

So American culture is itself a hybrid and lends itself to use in other people's hybrids.

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

My mom was one of the original designers for Coach in the eighties, and she designed some classics, including the City Bag. It's the only bag I use!

As for the anonymous admonition about moderation and forbearance, how could the time for moderation be past? That would mean that reason is of no use to us. .

that the decision to use force should not be determined by men whose careers depend upon its use.

Is it demonstratable? Does it have that wow factor? Is it easy to use? Is it priced right?

I had the pleasure of learning how to wrestle long matches and use psychology.

When deciding what to buy, remember that some things are easy to buy—but then we have to use them. If they're not used, they don't enhance our lives; they just contribute to guilt and clutter.

Tools and instruments which can ease the effort of labor considerably are themselves not a product of labor but of work; they do not belong in the process of consumption but are part and parcel of the world of use objects.

Persecution of powerless or power-losing groups may not be a very pleasant spectacle, but it does not spring from human meanness alone. What makes men obey or tolerate real power and, on the other hand, hate people who have wealth without power, is the rational instinct that power has a certain function and is of some general use. Even

Everything that is, must appear, and nothing can appear without a shape of its own; hence there is in fact no thing that does not in some way transcend its functional use, and its transcendence, its beauty or ugliness, is identical with appearing publicly and being seen. By the same token, namely, in its sheer worldly existence, every thing also transcends the sphere of pure instrumentality once it is completed.

Some are created for beauty, and some for use; and there are some which one can do without altogether.

In the 19th and 20th centuries we saw nature as something to use to our profit, but the attitude of man towards nature in the 21st century will be a bit different.

I loved my computer; it's a tool. A tool increases your mechanical advantages. It allows you to use your strengths and talents to greater advantage, and that's what tools do, and that's what my computer does for me. It's not my toy, it's my tool.