Useful Quotes

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I can't think of anything better to do with a life than to wear it out in efforts to be useful to the world. — Armand Hammer
People become less inhibited from wanting to change social and economic conditions in a radical fashion according to their own interests, and from being prepared… — Gunnar Myrdal
I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch… — Matthew Macfadyen
While analogies are useful, however, they can also be misleading. They smuggle in assumptions that can be wrong. — Michael Mandelbaum
I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I… — Natalie Merchant
Perhaps the prevalence of pedantry may be largely accounted for by the common error of thinking that, because useful knowledge should be remembered, any kind… — Albert J. Nock
The business of a scientific school is the dissemination of useful knowledge, and this is a noble enterprise and indispensable withal; society can not exist… — Albert J. Nock
Society as a whole is better off when information is available to the public. Whether you are talking about how to prevent disease, or about… — Dave Obey
Certain food-based biofuels like biodiesel have always been a bad idea. Others like corn ethanol have served a useful purpose and essentially are obsoleting themselves. — Vinod Khosla
It is almost possible to predict one or two days in advance, within a rather broad range of probability, what the weather is going to… — Antoine Lavoisier
I never feel more useful than when I'm making my kids a bowl of soup. — Mary-Louise Parker
The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful. — Mary-Louise Parker
Like my father, I would never as a child throw anything away, keeping old toys, electric motors and bits of broken machines under my bed… — Nick Park
The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most… — Thomas Perry
Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who helped… — David Rubenstein
It was extremely useful to grow up in front of the camera. It gives the camera no significance. I think it helped me have perspective… — Giovanni Ribisi
But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says… — John Shelton Reed
To occupy yourself with tasks that are useful to yourself and others, you can get your mind off your problems. — Frederick Lenz
I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money. — Juliet Stevenson
Love is not reasonable. If we could assign it to the reasonable world, it would not be useful. — Frederick Lenz
The best martial artist doesn't win fights, but avoids fights. Martial arts is a way of gaining basic self-mastery of your mind, body and emotions.… — Frederick Lenz
The only foundation for useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. — Thomas Jefferson
Do not beat up on yourself. Do not criticize your writing as lousy, inadequate, stupid, or any of the evil epithets that you are used… — Gail Carson Levine
The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping… — Koichi Tanaka
I honestly believe that you have to be able to play the guitar hard if you want to be able to get the whole spectrum… — Angus Young

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