Misemploy Quotes & Sayings

They had no idea her Valyusha wasn't the real threat. Silver would annihilate anyone who dared hurt him again. — Nalini Singh

A man faced death, but when death drew back forgot it until the next time. — John Christopher

Avoid, which many grave men have not done, words taken from sacred subjects and from elevated poetry: these we have seen vilely prostituted. Avoid too the society of the barbarians who misemploy them. — Walter Savage Landor

Nature! We live in her midst and know her not. She is incessantly speaking to us, but betrays not her secret. We constantly act upon her, and yet have no power over her. Variant: NATURE! We are surrounded and embraced by her: powerless to separate ourselves from her, and powerless to penetrate beyond her. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you. — Andy Stanley

Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby. — Barbara Delinsky

For a community to grow to a size that sustains those who don't contribute to the growth of said community (whom I call leeches but society has chosen to call grad students), you need an immensely powerful creature to build a structure that allows those loafers to exist. But even a whale can only support so many parasites. — Greg Gutfeld

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor and an A-minus feel like a slap in the face. — Taylor Mali

At the base of her ankle is a deep, ugly scar she got when a car ran over her foot when she was six years old. That was in a small town in Bangladesh. Thus, even today, she hesitates superstitiously before crossing the road, and is painfully shy of walking distances. Her fears make her laughable. The scar is printed on her skin like a radiant star. — Amit Chaudhuri

I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because I feel accomplished. — Alison Sweeney

Gorgonised me from head to foot With a stony British stare. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them. — Om Puri

I don't have all the answers I need yet, and I'm not ready to give up until I completely understand the purpose I serve and what it is I'm supposed to do. — K. Weikel

Please don't get sentimental," said Jerome. "It's nauseating. — Richelle Mead

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species. — John W. Gardner

Neath tile or thatch That man is rich Who has a scratch For every itch. — Ogden Nash