Applied Quotes
590 quotes by 492 authors
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Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
— Tim Ferriss
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Ben's tongue is like sunscreen...It's good for your health and should be applied liberally.
— John Green
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In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work
— Barbara Taylor Bradford
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The merciful precepts of Christ will at last suffuse the Code and it will glow with their radiance. Crime will be considered an illness with…
— Victor Hugo
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We are living in a world where everything is false. The society is like bright paint applied on top of rotten wood.
— Amy Tan
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...how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.
— William Faulkner
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I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should not I call…
— Jane Austen
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This looks like a job for inadvisably applied magic if ever I saw one.
— Terry Pratchett
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Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.
— Walter M. Miller, Jr.
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A young apprentice applied to a master carpenter for a job. The older man asked him, "Do you know your trade?" "Yes, sir!" the young…
— Fred Rogers
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I thought, “I want to die. I want to die more than ever before. There’s no chance now of a recovery. No matter what sort…
— Osamu Dazai
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To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search…
— Charles Darwin
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Then he is a monster!" the Prince crowed, "and I must slay him at once. The Formula works!" "Your Formula must result in a great…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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In the way that scepticism is sometimes applied to issues of public concern, there is a tendency to belittle, to condescend, to ignore the fact…
— Carl Sagan
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I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades.
— David Nicholls
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There is so much that glows in the circus, from flames to lanterns to stars. I have heard the expression “trick of the light†applied…
— Erin Morgenstern
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That quotation about not having time to stand and stare has never applied to me. I seem to have spent a good part of my…
— James Herriot
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I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially to the extent to which it has been applied, will be one of the greatest…
— Malcolm Muggeridge
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Pick up a grain a day and add to your heap. You will soon learn, by happy experience, the power of littles as applied to…
— Unknown Author
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Bryant Gumbel's ego has applied for statehood. And if it's accepted, it will be the fifth-largest.
— Willard Scott
Who Wrote These Applied Quotes
492 authors contributed a total of 590 Applied Quotes, led by these top contributors: