In war the olive branch of peace is of use. [Lat., Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae.]

The brutal, soul-shaking truth is that we are so earthly minded we are of no heavenly use.

Whatever you design[/make/build], use it to raise the expectations of what can be achieved

You're my present and my future Sadie, I will use whatever power I have to make you happy.

We have to use our reasoning capacity and set long-term goals based on our deepest values.

I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films.

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.

When someone throws trash on you, shake it off, stomp on it, and use it to rise to the top!

No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment.

Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.

We have an authorization to use military force against terrorists. We passed it after 9/11.

I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place.

If we can use technology to shorten the path between intention and action, that excites me.

Learning, to be of much use, must have a tendency to spread itself among the common people.

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

The uses of government should be to foster, protect and promote the possession of equality.

It’s not about finding your voice, it’s about giving yourself permission to use your voice.

What is the difference between method and device? A method is a device which you use twice.

The only [working] ritual is making tea. I use the loose leaves and drink it by the gallon.

Knowledge has no value or use for the solitary owner: to be enjoyed it must be communicated

Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.

She asked me what type of contraceptive I use. Underwear. Keeping it on prevents pregnancy.

Why use a modifier to set straight a not-quite-right noun when the right noun is available?

I don't use those terms [like Uncle Tom], and I would never speak in that kind of language.

We may make our future by the best use of the present. There is no moment like the present.

I use a lot more chords than most organists and I'm careful to phrase them with the guitar.

Let me use their own terminology against them. They aborted a child in the 200th trimester.

Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, but gold that's put to use more gold begets.

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

The use of force is always an answer to problems. Force isn't an attractive answer, though.

I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.

I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.

You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.

I listen to music constantly, and I'm always hearing things I love that I'm excited to use.

Women hold all the power. They should use it like a whip, not offer it up like a sacrifice.

There’s no use in denying it: this has been a bad week. I’ve started drinking my own urine.

The gross size of our talent inventories is less important than the net use of our talents?

Don't be afraid to fail, encourage your talent, and use your heart. And never be unprepared

The closest thing I use to beauty products is the grease on the pizza from John's Pizzeria.

And that's why people no longer care which words they use as long as they use lots of them.

You must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people.

Descartes recommended that we distrust the senses and rely on the ... use of our intellect.

To use ones religion as a rationalization for lack of financial success demeans that faith.

For tolls too briefly the sounds of mercy... In fear we ponder the use of thunder for peace

Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed.

I'm stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.

God never asks us to give what we do not have . . . But he cannot use what we will not give.

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