"Even if this earth is only a vestibule, we ought undoubtedly to make such a use of its blessing that we are assisted rather than delayed in our journey."
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"The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God by no means to be despised, and a faculty worthy of commendation."
"I've no use for talking, would just as soon store paper clips in my mouth."
"I'm not the biggest star in the world, but I do have a platform, and if I can use that platform to help somebody else, why wouldn't I?"
"The more I thought about human nature, the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin/mistakes causes us to use our minds to rationalize our action."
"It's not how long a man lives, but how well he uses the time allotted him."
"The true despisers of the world are the people who accept what God sends them, gratefully use all things when they have them, and gladly do without them if God takes them away"
"If the heart has been reformed by the spirit, it makes use of both the useful and delightful things created and given by God in a holy manner and with thanksgiving."
"What's the use of falling in love if you both remain inertly as you were?"
"I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a choreography. I never think of myself as a poet; I just get up and write."
"On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone."
"I'm grateful to be of use. I will not be misused or abused, but I will be of use to anybody."
"Anything that I actually do drink myself or I do actually use myself, I'm going to be into promoting it."
"I don't tend to use technology all that much. Of course, I can't avoid it - it's called the telephone nowadays. And I do a certain amount of email, work-related primarily, on it. But I don't do a lot of looking for things online."
"And sometimes the clergy are blindsided by that. Other times they realize that ahead of time and say they're not going to use those terms. So it gets complicated for sure."
"There has been this - and it's reflected in the broadcasts - this moronic use of statistics. Which has suggested to everyone who is intelligent the use of statistics is moronic."
"In general I ask for books that make use of learning, not those that build it up."
"The desire for riches is more sharpened by their use than by their need. Pleasing all: a mark that can never be aimed at or hit."
"It's like swimmin' without warmin' up, yuo know what I mean? So [cackles] we use the drum machine, and we take it out."
"If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can make room for new ones to flow into you."