Use Quotes

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.

But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use.

If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.

We're as clever as we think we are, but we'll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not just one brain but to pool huge numbers of brains. We're at a level technologically where we can share information and think collectively about our problems. We do it in science all the time - there's no reason why we can't do it in other endeavors.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished.

If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.

I think God has chosen to use this as a tool.

Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.

What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?

If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

Jesus Christ is a prince of peace. He told us to live in peace. He told us to love our enemies. He told us to do good to them that spitefully use us.

If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.

There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding.

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.

You can use a lot of different technologies to create something that doesn't really have a lot of value.

Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking.

Since I'm constantly in the sun, I use sunscreen daily.

It's really hard for actors to cross over and get any respect as a singer, and if I could just keep it separate and not use my music in movies, it's cool.

If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy.

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.

Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys.

I never use notes, they interfere with me.