#abuse

Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do not yet understand or which seems to differ from their moral concepts. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#anything #applied #become #concepts #critics

My character had been in the chair for seven years. He had gone through his anger, depression, drug and alcohol abuse. He had gone through everything, now he was up, he was happy, he was filled with his dream. ↗

— Gregory Hines

#alcohol #anger #been #chair #character

I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#advanced #constitution #decent #i #quite

I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power. ↗

— Terrence Howard

#always #fear #had #i #natural

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#consider #criticism #expect #friends #them

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#comes #doing #feeling #folks #good

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.' ↗

— David Bonior

#basically #bobby #china #deal #deals

I think people are sick and tired of all the abuse songs, and drug addiction, we want to bring to world a big fat smile. ↗

— Steve Brown

#addiction #big #bring #fat #i

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values. ↗

— Warren E. Burger

#calculated #higher #order #preserve #risks

The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied. ↗

— George Catlin

#am #applied #believe #general #general sense