Their Usefulness Quotes

17 quotes by 17 authors

• If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality… — Gene Tunney
• A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him… — William Graham Sumner
• As Elder George F. Richards, President of the Council of the Twelve, said in a conference address in April 1947, 'when we say anything bad… — Dallin H. Oaks
• My friend George and I were walking on the beach in Norfolk, and there were thousands of [razor-clam] shells. They were so beautiful, I thought… — Alexander McQueen
• It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental… — Peter Agre
• Once renunciation and the awakened mind have been fully realized, the way to Buddhahood is clear. Liberation is complete and such liberated beings are then… — Maura O'Halloran
• Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Stop for a moment and let that sink in. We’re so used to evaluating everything (and… — Stasi Eldredge
• [I believe] that animals have a worth in and of themselves, and that they are not inferior to human beings but rather just different from… — Ingrid Newkirk
• The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness. — Ovid
• A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society. — Kjell Magne Bondevik
• Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself… — Charles William Eliot
• Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend. — Walter Savage Landor
• We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for… — Thomas Merton
• Well-meaning, helpful, good-natured attitudes of mind have not come to be honored on account of their usefulness, but because they are states of richer souls… — Friedrich Nietzsche
• Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts. — William O. Douglas
• Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own, like pieces of… — F. Sionil Jose
• The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change,… — William Osler

Who Wrote These Their Usefulness Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 17 Their Usefulness Quotes as follows:

• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by F. Sionil Jose
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by William Osler
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Gene Tunney
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by William Graham Sumner
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Dallin H. Oaks
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Alexander McQueen
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Peter Agre
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Maura O'Halloran
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Stasi Eldredge
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Ingrid Newkirk
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Ovid
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Kjell Magne Bondevik
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Charles William Eliot
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Walter Savage Landor
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Thomas Merton
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
• 1 Their Usefulness Quote by William O. Douglas