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Use Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- First, there is the power of the Wind, constantly exerted over the globe... Here is an almost incalculable power at our disposal, yet how trifling…
- The way in which men cling to old institutions after the life has departed out of them, and out of themselves, reminds me of those…
- I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as…
- To what end do I lead a simple life at all, pray? That I may teach others to simplify their lives? - and so all…
- I also have in mind that seemingly wealthy, but most terribly impoverished class of all, who have accumulated dross, but know not how to use…
- The imagination never forgets; it is a re-membering. It is not foundationless, but most reasonable, and it alone uses all the knowledge of the intellect.
- Is it the lumberman, then, who is the friend and lover of the pine, stands nearest to it, and understands its nature best? Is it…
- The ears were made, not for such trivial uses as men are wont to suppose, but to hear celestial sounds.
- How can he remember well his ignorance - which his growth requires - who has so often to use his knowledge?
- Of course it is of no use to direct our steps to the woods, if they do not carry us thither. I am alarmed when…
- The woodchopper reads the wisdom of the ages recorded on the paper that holds his dinner, then lights his pipe with it. When we ask…
- I love my friends very much, but I find that it is of no use to go to see them. I hate them commonly when…
- Nature would not appear so rich, the profusion so rich, if we knew a use for everything.
- The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.
- When we consider what, to use the words of the catechism, is the chief end of man, and what are the true necessaries and means…
- When we walk, we naturally go to the fields and woods: what would become of us, if we walked only in a garden or a…
- What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
- Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.
- Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a…
- The culture of the hop ... so analagous to the culture and uses of the grape, may afford a theme for future poets.
- What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
More Use Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle
- I don't use a debit card. The safest thing is a credit card because you're using the bank's money. If someone accesses… — Frank Abagnale
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. — Francis of Assisi
- None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and… — Mary Astell
- Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use,… — Rowan Atkinson
- In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes,… — David Attenborough
- People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make. — Margaret Atwood
- Fiction is not necessarily about what you know, it's about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other… — Margaret Atwood