Useful Quotes

1790 Useful quotes by 1250 unique authors

Vulgarity finds its antidote; old crudities become softened with time. Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die, reflourish… — Robert Burchfield
General knowledge may have to be slight or even amateurish knowledge, but it is none the less useful, and we discourage it at our peril. — C. V. Wedgwood
No one is so rich that he does not need another's help; no one so poor as not to be useful in some way to… — Pope Leo XIII
Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful. — Larry Kramer
Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the… — Ignatius Loyola
I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides. — Richard Cobden
Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their… — Evan Davis
Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact. — Daniel Kahneman
Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with childhood… — Jon Ronson
Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they… — John R. Allen
Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960's, but it's clear that nowadays they've run out of useful things… — Craig Reucassel
Fiction is a particular kind of rhetoric, a way of thinking that I think can be useful in your life. It asks you to image… — Dan Chaon
Tape reading is a lost art that today is not very useful. — Steven A. Cohen
At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career. — Bernard Cornwell
The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and the related Accra Agenda for Action, are useful policy instruments that set out the mutual responsibilities of donors… — Margaret Chan
One is to ensure that the war fighters and the intelligence analysts get the information that they need when they need it, in a format… — Stephen Cambone
Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that… — Warren Christopher
Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products. — James Dyson
I am convinced that in the upcoming chapter of the struggle, I can be more useful to the inevitable change that will soon come to… — Lincoln Diaz-Balart
I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful. — Warwick Davis
Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful… — Alex Flinn
I aspire to be useful. — Anthony Foxx
The past is a stronger influence in the South. But I think everywhere you have this sense that the world changes faster than you can… — Charles Frazier
I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars. — Adam Gopnik
It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all... — Larry Wall

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