Uses Quotes

Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork? (Stanisław Jerzy Lec)
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. View quote
Eric Hoffer
Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds. View quote
Dorothy L. Sayers
Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist. View quote
Friedrich Schlegel
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. View quote
Larry Bird
Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies. View quote
François Fénelon
Every country that has experimented with women in actual combat has abandoned the idea, and the notion that Israel uses women in combat is a feminist myth. View quote
Phyllis Schlafly
An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination. View quote
Andrew Lang
Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting. View quote
Bill Gates
Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. View quote
William Shakespeare
In a mind all logic is like a knife blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. (Rabindranath Tagore)
Nature uses as little as possible of anything. View quote
Johannes Kepler
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. View quote
Albert Einstein
The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy of a thousand accidents. View quote
John Updike
The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the more ethical concerns are raised regarding their use in the service of man - whether this be in entertainment, as "pets," for food, in research laboratories, or any of the other uses to which we subject them. View quote
Jane Goodall
The street finds its own uses for things. View quote
William Gibson
Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination. View quote
Vin Scully
Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power. View quote
Joan Didion
Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. View quote
Richard Feynman
The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. View quote
Scott Adams
I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer. (Dave Barry)
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. View quote
Mark Twain
A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch. View quote
Michael Ondaatje
The scientific method actually correctly uses the most direct evidence as the most reliable, because that's the way you are least likely to get led astray into dead ends and to misunderstand your data. View quote
Aubrey de Grey
He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination. View quote
Romano Prodi