"Now is the time to make good use of time. Today is the day to begin a perfect day."
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"Once you decide to gut a fish, there's no use waiting till it rots."
"You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly."
"The only [working] ritual is making tea. I use the loose leaves and drink it by the gallon."
"If you shoot a Mime, do you need to use a silencer?"
"The function of abundance is not to possess things but to use them and gather experiences."
"Permanent brain damage is one of the inevitable results of the use of marijuana."
"I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand."
"Hall of Love has ten thousand swords. Don't be afraid to use one."
"What we want to do is make a leapfrog product that is way smarter than any mobile device has ever been, and super-easy to use. This is what iPhone is. OK? So, we're going to reinvent the phone."
"I really love animation as a storytelling medium, whether it's traditional, cel animation, or CG, or stop motion, which is more our studio's area of focus. But I find that the creatives behind any kind of animation are typically very similar, and so regardless of what aesthetic they use to realize their vision, I'm usually pretty into it."
"The tools belong to the man who can use them."
"Where there are millions upon millions of units of idle labour, it is no use thinking of labour-saving devices."
"When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head."
"The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being."
"Positive thinking will let you use the abilities, training and experience you have."
"Tain't no use in you cryin' . . . But folks is meant to cry 'bout somethin' or other. Better leave things de way dey is. Youse young yet. No tellin' whut mout happen befo' you die."
"Use Starbucks mints for every occasion—they're the strongest"
"The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood."
"We cannot tell by looking at the diamond that it is a commodity. When it serves as a use-value, asthetic or mechanical, on the breast of a harlot, or in the hand of a glasscutter, it is a diamond and not a commodity."