For an infrequent action to become a habit, the user must perceive a high degree of utility, either from gaining pleasure or… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
... In a free society, skeptics are the watchdogs against irrationalism - the consumer advocates of ideas. Debunking is not simply the… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
On Sept 15th [1852] Mr Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, asked my opinion on the utility of Mr Babbage's calculating machine, and… — George Biddell Airy Copy Share Image
Giving government aid to a bank basically transforms it into a utility. The huge salaries in this sector are only a symptom… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Facebook's successor will no doubt provide an easy 'migration utility' through which you can bring all your so-called friends with you, if… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Americans are driving more in less-efficient vehicles. Sales of sports utility vehicles and pickup trucks have been amazingly strong considering the recession,… — Mike Lucky Copy Share Image
“I had no idea the day I watched President Obama at the dangerous Desoto Solar Farm that I was going to become… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment,… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
I loved the idea that people dressed up to go to the gardens. Our work always has a utility point of view… — Karen Walker Copy Share Image
The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is… — Gregor Mendel Copy Share Image
Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet. — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
Legalize racing in every State. Sure people will bet, but they get to see the horses run and you certain can't see… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“Very few people that have installed solar photovoltaics (PV) on their home have realized that by spending an additional five thousand dollars… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“The most dangerous electrical equipment I ever worked on was at one of the largest electrical utility company’s in the USA!” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, “Science for Science's sake” is an absurd conception. We cannot know all… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Already renewable energy advocates are noting that the 42 miles of above-ground right-of-way between Yosemite and the city could be fitted with… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
“A metaphysical understanding of what the world is, how it works, and how it all fits together, in general and abstract terms,… — Stephen Mumford Copy Share Image
Repeated reflection and inquiry have led me to the somewhat novel opinion, that value depends entirely upon utility. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
Utility is a metaphysical concept of impregnable circularity; utility is the quality in commodities that makes individuals want to buy them, and… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
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