Top 1200 Use And Abuse Quotes & Sayings

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.

The Nazis spoke of having a Jewish problem. We now speak of having a drug-abuse problem. Actually, "Jewish problem" was the name the Germans gave to their persecution of the Jews; "drug-abuse problem" is the name we give to the persecution of people who use certain drugs.

This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.'

Nor aught so good but strained from that fair use, Revolts from true birth stumbling on abuse.

Parents who spoil their children out of 'love' should realize that they are performing acts of child abuse. Although there are no laws against such abuse--no man-made laws anyway--this spiritual mistreatment may result in as much long-term personal and social damage as the worst physical abuse.

We don't know how to use energy or what to use it for. And we cannot restrain ourselves. Our time is characterized as much by the abuse and waste of human energy as it is by the abuse and waste of fossil fuel energy.

Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.

Use law and physic only for necessity; they that use them otherwise abuse themselves unto weak bodies, and light purses; they are good remedies, bad businesses, and worse recreations.

It would be easy to abuse a person when they never recognized it as abuse.

I didn't go to Cirque Lodge for alcohol abuse or drug abuse.

So little knows Any, but God alone, but perverts best things To worst abuse, or to their meanest use.

This curious faith is predicated on the notion that we will soon develop unlimited new sources of energy: domestic oil fields, shale oil, gasified coal, nuclear power, solar energy, and so on. This is fantastical because the basic cause of the energy crisis is not scarcity: it is moral ignorance and weakness of character. We don't know how to use energy or what to use it for. And we cannot restrain ourselves. Our time is characterized as much by the abuse and waste of human energy as it is by the abuse and waste of fossil fuel energy.

The travesty of slavery wasn't physical abuse. It was the moral abuse of looking at a human being as if they are an animal.

Those who pursue a worldy life - who try to get others to do what they want, to peform for them, who use and abuse in the name of their own happiness - are miserable.

We live on the most incredible planet, and yet we abuse it, and we abuse it mercilessly.

Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of everything.

Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.

The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of institutions.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

Child abuse continues to be a significant problem in the United Sates. It was estimated that 2001,903,000 children were the victims of child abuse or neglect. Child abuse is a crime perpetrated on the innocent and the defenseless.

The abuse of love, like the abuse of health, brings suffering and death in its train.

The stated mission at the time was simply to use the influence of the entertainment industry to do an accurate portrayal of drug and alcohol abuse. We all admit that we're not trying to censor anybody.

Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse.

However, if you listen to me I think you can hear years of abuse in my voice - both bad abuse and good abuse.

Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse to the silent treatment, domination to subtle manipulation.

The challenge of power is how to use it and not abuse it. When you abuse it, it reverses on you and it hurts you.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.

My greatest fear is not the abuse of technology but that we will not use it at all.

The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it.

Quran says do not abuse others' gods, they will abuse Allah. But most people do not believe in this... they feel their way is the only right one. This is to maintain religious hegemony.

Power is something that is abused. I suppose use and abuse are in the eye of the beholder.

Feminism is built on believing women's accounts of sexual use and abuse by men.

When we hear a story of the abuse of a child or the abuse of women almost all people are appalled by instances of that kind.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Society is celebrity-based and we are determined to use [celebrities'] voices to make sure no one forgets there are issues over the use of animals. Celebrities can be great for our cause and can really make people sit up and think for the first time about animal abuse.

It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to use and abuse, but not how to preserve.

Spread and participate in culture. Remix, reuse, use, abuse. Make sure no one controls your mind.

Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.

People say you can abuse marijuana. You can abuse cheeseburgers. Does that mean we should close Burger Kings.

I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I have hundreds of people waiting in line to abuse me!

It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use them. They can't answer you or have a rebuttal.

I was a sick child, I was scared, and honestly speaking, I never thought about why I didn't tell anyone about my abuse. Abuse victims don't have all the answers, and I never thought it was abuse. My generation was totally different. Now a small child knows many things, much more than what we knew. When I understood it was not right, it was much later.

Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.

What makes Jessica Jones series so unique is that it really is an allegory for many different types of abuse, whether it be sexual abuse, physical abuse, or psychological abuse. That's what makes this such an incredibly bold show.

Preliminary research-most of it published outside the medical literature-indicates that a significant number of our patients have experienced some form of violence and abuse during their lifetime, including elder abuse, child abuse, gang-related violence, sexual abuse, and domestic violence.

I look upon literature as an art, and I believe that if you misuse it or abuse it, it will leave you. It is not a thing that you can nail down and use as you want. You have to let it use you, too.

Use, do not abuse... neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

We can decrease abuse and murder when we get that for both sexes, abuse does not derive from power, but powerlessness.

I had lived with abuse for many years, but the worst abuse has been at my own hands and the appalling situations I have tolerated.

By characterizing the use of illegal drugs as quasi-legal, state-sanctioned, Saturday afternoon fun, legalizers destabilize the societal norm that drug use is dangerous. They undercut the goals of stopping the initiation of drug use to prevent addiction.... Children entering drug abuse treatment routinely report that they heard that 'pot is medicine' and, therefore, believed it to be good for them.

Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. Help a friend.

I have a theory that all abuse, no matter what kind of abuse it is, is foremost an assault on the mind.

The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault.

I suppose in some ways, all over the world "crazy" is a term of abuse and I think that is something that should be stopped. In Ireland "crazy" is a term of abuse and people are terrified of anything that they conceive to be crazy. And the people believed to be crazy won't be treated compassionately, they will treat you horribly and use it as a reason to dismiss anything you would think, do, say or feel, so you're rocking into a self esteem trap.

We have a stewardship responsibility to keep ourselves healthy physically and emotionally. If we don't, we cannot carry out our obligations to God, to family, to our employer, or to others. With this in mind, we put limits on the extent to which we allow others to abuse us. Doing right will mean abuse part of the time; that goes with the turf. But inviting abuse or failing to deal with it is wrong.

If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day. You have to learn to use it responsibly.

Use, don't abuse.

The use of language around drugs is really important. So we find that it's increasingly difficult in our society to find the word "drug" not connected to the word "abuse." The notion of a responsible use of drugs is written out in the language of our culture.

Most people abuse power. They use power to dominate others. They use power to destroy others. Ultimately when you do this, you lose it.

I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse.