Quotes of: Being-used Keyword

I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws.

Denise Mina

We are simply human beings. So it is important for us to treat each other in that capacity.

Justin Sane

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.

Dean Inge

I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.

Joe Perry

The thing is, being lonely is like walking in the cold without a coat. It’s uncomfortable, but eventually you go numb. Once you get used to not being lonely, though, the shock of going back is like having your down comforter yanked off at six o’c...

The Conspiracy of Us

It is absurd to hold that a man should be ashamed of an inability to defend himself with his limbs, but not ashamed of an inability to defend himself with speech and reason; for the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than the...

The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle

But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.

All About Love: New Visions

I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!

Maggie Q

Mexico doesn't deserve what has happened to us. A democratic change is urgent, a change that will permit us to stop being a loser country.

Vicente Fox

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that.

Aretha Franklin

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.

A. R. Ammons

I've just kind of been used to carrying movies. I look back and I'm just used to being in every single scene in a lot of pictures.

Michael Douglas

It's funny that being human means so many things, man made divisions counter our judgements towards being wary of the "other", this is worrying because the thing that unites us is being human that is what we all are and without lament but with joy we...

Paul Isaacs

I think the environmental movement has failed in that it's used the stick too much; it's used the apocalyptic tone too much; it hasn't sold the positive aspects of being environmentally concerned and trying to pull us out.

Edward Burtynsky

The reality is that we communicate with every part of our being, and there are times when we must use it all. When someone needs us, he or she needs all of us. There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.

Ashton Kutcher

Police in Washington D.C. are now using cameras to catch drivers who go through red lights. Many congressmen this week opposed the use of the red light cameras incorrectly assuming they were being used for surveillance at local brothels.

Dennis Miller

Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more from sinful traits and developing within us over time the virtues of Christlike character.

Jerry Bridges

The biggest neurological turn-on for people is other people. This is what really excites us. In reward terms, it's not money; it's not being given cash - that's nice - it's doing stuff with our peers, watching us, collaborating with us.

Tom Chatfield

If a book can save—redeem us from the mediocrity of the mundane—surely, there must be a God.

On Being a Rat and Other Observations

When you're used to being in the public eye, if you've got a disease, you've got to own up to it. It's about being about it, not running from it.

Randy Jackson