Useful Quotes

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Knowledge is only useful if you do something with it. — Jeffrey Pfeffer
Advocates of knowledge management as the next big thing have advanced the proposition that what companies need is more intellectual capital. While that is undeniably… — Jeffrey Pfeffer
Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being… — Edward Bond
Playfully doing something difficult, whether useful or not, that is hacking. — Richard Stallman
And an apprenticeship to whatever gadgetry is useful in a technical world — Jacques Ellul
No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in… — Samuel Johnson
We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now… — Nate Silver
An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that… — Adnan Pachachi
There is no place in contemporary Karate-do for different schools. Some instructors, I know, claim to have invented new and unusual kata, and so they… — Gichin Funakoshi
The aim of the missionary is to do God's will, not to be useful, not to win the heathan; he is useful and does win… — Oswald Chambers
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
I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If a piece of… — Dennis Lindley
We may conclude, therefore, that, in order to establish laws for the regulation of property, we must be acquainted with the nature and situation of… — David Hume
When money, instead of man, is at the center of the system, when money becomes an idol, men and women are reduced to simple instruments… — Pope Francis
Marijuana is a useful catalyst for specific optical and aural aesthetic perceptions. I apprehended the structure of certain pieces of jazz and classical music in… — Allen Ginsberg
I do not know what 'moss' stands for in the proverb , but if it stood for useful knowledge... I gathered more moss by rolling… — Ernest Shackleton
By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools' ability to recruit the right… — Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
You are asking, 'Is the concept of soul mates more useful than marriage?' Concepts don't matter. What matters is your understanding. You can change the… — Rajneesh
It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't. — A A Milne
The market is a tool, and a useful one. But the worship of this tool is a hollow faith. Far more important than any tool… — Eric Schlosser
Toast is bread made delicious and useful. Un-toasted bread is okay for children's sandwiches and sopping up barbecue sauce, but for pretty much all other… — Steve Albini
A party is a political tool. If it's no longer useful, it should be crumpled up and thrown away. — Shintaro Ishihara
There are no whys in a person's life, and very few hows. In the end, in search of useful wisdom, you could only come back… — Chad Harbach
The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and… — David Simon
I am personally not advocating violence. I am simply saying that it is a morally acceptable tactic and it may be useful in the struggle… — Jerry Vlasak

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