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The path of love has many opponents - fear, self-pity, anxiety, hate, lust, greed, avarice - all the usual freinds.
All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.
One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, lets all be friends in Washington philosophy.
As usual sparring goes: men represent strikes, touch each other, but do not tend to cause real damage to the partner.
America's vulnerability comes precisely from its strength, its wealth, its power and its modernity. It's the usual story of the dog chasing its own tail.
Maybe a silver lining to growing old is being able to watch Usual Suspects for the first time, again.
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.
Except for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc., I am free to write whenever I want.
The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be viewed, not only with the usual attention to facts as they occur, but with the eye of reason and experience.
The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.
On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.
I started off from a very early age listening to music - all the usual cheesy stuff that little kids like.
Singularitarians are the munchkins of the real world. We just ignore all the usual dungeons and head straight for the cycle of infinite wish spells.
If people keep buying poorly designed products, manufacturers and designers will think they are doing the right thing and continue as usual.
If we are going to do anything significant with life, we sometimes have to move away from it- beyond the usual measurements. We must occasionally follow visions and dreams.
One of the things I love about stage makeup is I get to play up my eyes even more than usual.
On the weekends I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.
Novelty serves us for a kind of refreshment, and takes off from that satiety we are apt to complain of in our usual and ordinary entertainments.
I felt like, you know, my presence in the world of cinema had a different meaning than Meryl Streep... There was an impact that was made, but it wasn't the usual.
The rain wasn't the usual glittering silver, but dark and dirty, as if nature were a scrubwoman wringing out a filthy mop.
Bush is quite vulnerable if the Democrats pick the right issues. So far, though, they've shown their usual tendency to go for the capillary.
'Two' is not written in the usual style of a novel. It's a straightforward, linear narrative of my times, as I observed partition, and is told through multiple characters.
As usual, nature's imagination far surpasses our own, as we have seen from the other theories which are subtle and deep.
In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.
Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.
In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized.
Public affairs go on pretty much as usual: perpetual chicanery and rather more personal abuse than there used to be.
I have seen more men than usual, lately; and, well as I was acquainted with one, I am surprised to find what vulgar fellows they are.
Carrying on as usual carries enormous risks, condemning today's students to a world of constant insecurity and frequent catastrophes.
We all have a choice. We can create transformational action that will safeguard the living conditions for future generations. Or we can continue with our business as usual and fail.
There is a clear message from science: To avoid dangerous interference with the climate system, we need to move away from business as usual.
It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this is very usual in life.
I am no Rushdie. The only people who think of silencing me are my students, on days when my lectures are more opaque than usual.
I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person.
The usual Republican suspects lined up to side with Trump, chastizing Pope Francis for insinuating that the candidate isn't Christian.
The usual comment from psychologists and psychiatrists was that it's best not to encourage people to look at their dreams because they are liable to stir up problems for themselves.
The goal has been not to get pigeonholed. I like working in different genres. I'm gonna try to be entertaining and funny and do my usual thing.
Creeping featurism is a disease, fatal if not treated promptly. There are some cures, but, as usual, the best approach is to practice preventative medicine.
Life shows no trend to complexity in the usual sense-only an asymmetrical expansion of diversity around a starting point constrained to be simple.
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
What’s going on?” he demanded. “The usual, old man,” I replied cheerily. “Danger, insane plans... you know, the stuff that runs in our family.
Like you, I'm fed up with business as usual in Washington. Send me to Congress, and I won't tweak our broken system. I'll shut it down.
While we play for the club we are focused on usual routine, but when we are with the national team and the new kit is unveiled we feel closer to the World Cup.
It's so easy to get caught up in the demands of life. And we all take refuge at times in routines and recliners and 'usual' anything!
It is the usual consolation of the envious, if they cannot maintain their superiority, to represent those by whom they are surpassed as inferior to some one else.
The usual pattern of demagogues is to promise the moon, fail to deliver, and then blame vulnerable others for those failures.
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.
I too had the usual insecurities. I wanted a good house and a healthy bank balance. But I never got cowed down.
And the old horror of being a professional writer, and the usual stench of words that goes with it, is begining to drive me out of my seat. (Buddy)
I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.
Because the oils work in a different way from antibiotics, they do not have the usual side effects, and they tend to stimulate the immune system instead of depressing it.
All the excitements of a prohibited book had their usual effect, one of which, as always, is to expose the fact that the censors don't know what they are talking about.
Players that have had less minutes on the pitch compared to the usual starting XI will naturally concede more chances.
I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. It's as simple as that.
He had on a funny T-shirt, as usual. Today's featured acartoon figure running from a giant T. rex, and it read EXERCISE: SOME MOTIVATIONREQUIRED.
Our sense of safety depends on predictability, so anything living outside the usual rules we suspect to be an outlaw, a ghoul.
I want to explore marriage without the usual Hallmark Card platitudes. Life is difficult, and I like movies that acknowledge that.
When we step out of our normal world and leave behind us all the usual barriers and prejudices, we tend to become more adventurous.
At some risk of oversimplification, I suggest that the usual reason a business cycle turns into a monster is an overdose of government policy.
The climate is doing its usual tricks. There's nothing much really happening yet. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now.
