Employ

Famous quotes containing the word employ:

“For a large class of cases—though not for all—in which we employ the word “meaning” it can be defined thus: the meaning of a word is its use in the language.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

“Congress has scarcely any thing to employ them, and complain that the place [Washington, D.C.] is remarkably dull.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“Some must employ the scythe
Upon the grasses,
That the walks be smooth
For the feet of the angel.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)