(81 quotes found)
“Taking food alone tends to make one hard and coarse. Those accustomed to it must lead a Spartan life if they are not to go downhill. Hermits have observed, if for only this reason, a frugal diet. For it is only in company that eating is done justice; food must be divided and distributed if it is to be well received.”
Walter Benjamin
“We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.”
Marcus Aurelius
“We have become accustomed to living our life with joy amidst pain and challenges,”
Dana Reeve
“There's a lot more shots hitting our net than what we're accustomed to. I don't know how many shots we averaged in years before, but we're getting upwards of 35 and 40 shots now, so I think it's making a big difference.”
John Madden
“We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that "thousands" has almost passed out of the dictionary.”
Everett Dirksen
“When you're accustomed to doing stand-up, so often you're the only person onstage and it's all your thing. It's very gladiatorial. Obviously, when you're in a scene with somebody, you're supposed to listen and react - and that's a bit of a transition.”
Jon Stewart
“But I've been away from it for a while, so I've gotten accustomed to the different positions. But my heart's still out there at tackle.”
Blaine Saipaia
“We've grown so accustomed to each other this year. We're always able to find each other on the ice. We don't even need to look for each other.”
Ben Kinne
“I knew she was accustomed to playing in high pressure situations.”
Alex Pantarotto
“The talent was there, but we had to bring the winning out. Sometimes you can grow accustomed to losing. We had to change that mentality and make believers out of them. Doing that got the ball rolling.”
Cedric Drake
