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Misuse Quotes

How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.

How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.

'Principles of Ethics' bk. 1 (1879) pt. 2, ch. 8, 152

It is a misuse of our power to take responsibility for solving problems that belong to others.

Peter Block (1996). “Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self Interest”, p.72, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Anna Freud, Carrie Lee Rothgeb (1961). “The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud”

The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power, but, to misuse that power is criminal.

Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa”

I am used to hear bad men misuse the name of God, yet God exists.

Robert Bolt (2013). “A Man For All Seasons”, p.97, A&C Black

If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward. You will never get her full confidence again.

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.90, Courier Corporation

the attempt to control poetry, to subordinate it to extra-poetic ends, constitutes misuse.

Jan Clausen (1982). “A movement of poets: thoughts on poetry and feminism”, Long Haul Pr

All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.

Ellis Peters (2016). “Brother Cadfael: The Complete Chronicles”, p.309, Head of Zeus Ltd

Coward is the most misused word in our society.

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

You can't dingleberry that! That's a flagrant misuse of the dingleberry!

John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.86, Penguin

Don’t misuse the pencil and don’t torment the paper.

Uri Shulevitz (1997). “Writing with Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books”