Useful Quotes

1790 Useful quotes by 1250 unique authors

In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark. — Nicholson Baker
I am tempted to say that a doctorate in AI would be negatively useful, but I am not one to hold someone’s reckless youth against… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to… — Noah Webster
One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy and only useful as he contributes his influences for the finer callings in… — Milton S. Hershey
If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally… — Oswald Chambers
It is useful to study different traditions in order to be free of attachment to any one way of expressing what is beyond expression. (x) — Ravi Ravindra
The rural Chinese in Henan Province mixed alcohol and business like you wouldn’t believe. Perhaps as a result, they also had a charming nationalistic blind… — Matthew Polly
Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have something original and useful to… — Allan Sloan
To be creative, an idea must also be appropriate—useful and actionable. — Teresa Amabile
Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive… — Hans Rosling
You succeed because you've chosen to be confident. It's not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you're able to become confident. — Seth Godin
When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel. — Max Lucado
Lose no time; be always employed in something useful. — Benjamin Franklin
We have to build a better man before we can build a better society. All that is necessary for the #‎ triumph of #‎ evil… — Paul Tillich
There will be many fine and wonderful men and women of all races and creeds-and of no religious creeds at all-who will lead decent and… — Neal A. Maxwell
For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the admirable wisdom of… — John Calvin
A creative idea will be defined simply as one that is both novel and useful or influential in a particular social setting. — Alice Weaver Flaherty
The theory of medicine, therefore, presents what is useful in thought, but does not indicate how it is to be applied in practice-the mode of… — Avicenna
Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. — Napoleon Bonaparte
In trouble we are prone to forget all that we have heard and read that makes for our comfort. Now what is the reason that… — Richard Sibbes
A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful. — Laozi
We put thirty spokes to make a wheel: But it is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges. We… — Laozi
If you think you can just go out and ask all the doctors in the world about what the did to all the patients and… — James Heywood
Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
We often despise what is most useful to us. — Aesop

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