Statesmen and legislators, standing so completely within the institution, never distinctly and nakedly behold it. They speak of moving society, but they… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, butit is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a thing… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
There are so many parallels in society today [with era of J. Edgar Hoover ] that you can use, whether it's the… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Stop for a moment and let that sink in. We’re so used to… — Stasi Eldredge Copy Share Image
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its… — Richard Courant Copy Share Image
Conventions, like clichés, have a way of surviving their own usefulness. — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
Once renunciation and the awakened mind have been fully realized, the way to Buddhahood is clear. Liberation is complete and such liberated… — Maura O'Halloran Copy Share Image
“When Design become Useless it becomes Art. Yesterday's Artisans are today's Artists.” — Vineet Raj Kapoor Copy Share Image
If one does not understand the usefulness of the useless and the uselessness of the useful, one cannot understand art. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“To see with the eye of an entrepreneur is to see the usefulness in everything.” — Utibe Samuel Mbom Copy Share Image
Dinocrates did not leave the king, but followed him into Egypt. There Alexander, observing a harbor rendered safe by nature, an excellent… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same.… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
Your success and usefulness in the world is going to be measured by your confession and by the tenacity with which you… — F. F. Bosworth Copy Share Image
Thousands of men breathe, move, and live; pass off the stage of life and are heard of no more. Why? They did… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
Surely we have had enough of confusing maleness with "usefulness" and other human virtues. If men had a more modest view of… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
These ceremonies and the National Statuary Hall will teach the youth of the land in succeeding generations as they come and go… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the… — Corliss Lamont Copy Share Image
The man who works 52 weeks in the year does not do his best in any one week of the year, Daniel… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Good design emphasises the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it. — Dieter Rams Copy Share Image
The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance. — Lane Kirkland Copy Share Image
