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"Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions, and consequently of no use to a good king or a good ministry; for which reason Courts are so overrun with politics."
"The only time I can ever remember Steven crying over any of it was after my treatment, when I tried to use my foot on his bass drum pedal, and we realized I could never play a drum set."
"In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver."
"The use of language is all we have to pit against death and silence."
"I have learned God doesn't always change those people we want Him to change; instead, He often uses them to change us."
"We [ with Emilio Estevez] asked if we could take some things [ in Breakfast Club] that weren't in the shooting draft, but from earlier drafts, "Can we maybe use this?" And Hughes was very amenable to all that. And there was some stuff that I liked, and I said, "How about this?" And he went, "Well, we'll check with Molly [Ringwald]. Those scenes are with her. And if she likes it, fine." So it was just wonderful. It was great."
"It is clear that whatever language of democracy [Barack] Obama and his administration use is very tactically deployed, and has as its main aim the extension of US power and interests."
"What restricts the use of the word 'lady' among the courteous is that it is intended to set a woman apart from ordinary humanity, and in the working world that is not a help, as women have discovered in many bitter ways."
"Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant."
"What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?"
"What's happening in Russia is devoid of autobiographical interest for me. Maybe it's egocentric. Whatever it is, feel free to use it."
"Judgement is given to men that they may use it. Because it may be used erroneously, are men to be told that they ought not to use it at all?"
"In old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects of faith to show their powers of painting."
"The entire vitality of art depends upon its being either full of truth, or full of use; and that, however pleasant, wonderful, or impressive it may be in itself, it must yet be of inferior kind, and tend to deeper inferiority, unless it has clearly one of these main objects, either to state a true thing, or to adorn a serviceable one."
"Architecture concerns itself only with those characters of an edifice which are above and beyond its common use."
"The force of the guinea you have in your pocket depends wholly on the default of a guinea in your neighbour's pocket. If he did not want it, it would be of no use to you."
"Work first and then rest. Work first, and then gaze, but do not use golden ploughshares, nor bind ledgers in enamel."
"Science has to do with facts, art with phenomena. To science, phenomena are of use only as they lead to facts; and to art, facts are of use only as they lead to phenomena."
"Men use care in purchasing a horse, and are neglectful in choosing friends."
"Call the world if you please "the vale of soul-making." Then you will find out the use of the world."
