Usual Quotes - Page 5
Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city.
Harold Washington, Alton Miller (1988). “Climbing a Great Mountain: Selected Speeches of Mayor Harold Washington”
Speech to London Conservatives, 7 Mar. 1961, in The Times 8 Mar. 1961
George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion
Quoted in a letter from Charles Lamb to V. Novello, 9 May 1826
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi, James Boswell (1787). “The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...”, p.48
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1852). “The Spectator”, p.474
G.M. Trevelyan (1949). “CLIO A MUSE AND OTHER ESSAYS”
Accept that your life is going on beyond your usual understanding.
Dainin Katagiri (2008). “Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time”, p.54, Shambhala Publications
Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
Song: Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
Antonin Scalia (2016). “Scalia's Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents”, p.233, Regnery Publishing
Robert Musil, Burton Pike, David S. Luft (1995). “Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses”, p.43, University of Chicago Press