Misuse Quotes
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”
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
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
You can't dingleberry that! That's a flagrant misuse of the dingleberry!
John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.86, Penguin
Uri Shulevitz (1997). “Writing with Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books”