Useful Quotes

1790 Useful quotes by 1250 unique authors

An authentic response to who God is and what He's done...What we do is useful to the extent that it provides an ability for our… — Crowder
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully guard against the growing into… — William James
The great tragedy is that they're removing art completely, not because they're putting more science in, but because they can't afford the art teachers or… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed… — George Washington
A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say,… — Walter Lippmann
Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. — Joseph Addison
A most useful approach to meditation practice is to consider it the most important activity of each day. Shedule it as you would an extremely… — Roy Davis
Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Gardening is the only unquestionably useful job. — George Bernard Shaw
He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point . — Horace
We have no organ at all for knowledge, for truth: we know (or believe or imagine) precisely as much as may be useful in the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better (which it will)… — John Green
Let the living live; and you, gather together your thoughts, leave behind you a legacy of feeling and ideas; you will be most useful so. — Henri Frederic Amiel
The harsh, useful things of the world, from pulling teeth to digging potatoes, are best done by men who are as starkly sober as so… — H. L. Mencken
Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this we can see… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your… — Seneca the Younger
I just don't think of age and time in respect of years. I have too much experience of people in their seventies who are vigorous… — Harrison Ford
Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide ocean between information and knowledge.… — Clifford Stoll
I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river is a strong brown god-sullen, untamed and intractable, Patient to some degree,… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The sure way of knowing nothing about life is to try to make oneself useful. — Oscar Wilde
Getting a divorce is nearly always as cheerful and useful an occupation as breaking valuable china. — Rebecca West
Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine. — Rowan Atkinson
Paradoxes are useful to attract attention to ideas. — Mandell Creighton
OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets. — Ambrose Bierce
Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters. — William Kristol

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