Useful Quotes

1790 Useful quotes by 1250 unique authors

It's useful that there should be Gods, so let's believe there are. — Unknown Author
One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader. — Horace
It is easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities… — P.J. O'Rourke
You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. — George Mikes
The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim… — Mark Twain
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking… — Dalai Lama
To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else. — Dalai Lama
The first question here, then, is not "What is best for my soul?" nor is it even "What is most useful to humanity?" But-transcending both… — Evelyn Underhill
Instead of one-way interruption, Web marketing is about delivering useful content at just the right moment that a buyer needs it. — David Meerman Scott
In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to profit by the… — Matthew Henry
The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought to… — William Whewell
Well-established theories collapse under the weight of new facts and observations which cannot be explained, and then accumulate to the point where the once useful… — Al Gore
That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on Him… — Ramana Maharshi
I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence. — Shirin Ebadi
A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful. — Horace
Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored; there must be something else I want to be doing... boredom… — Hugh Prather
The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful. — Alfred Adler
To overcome negative emotions, consulting intuition is always useful. How can it guide you. During nervous periods, it offers a more centered alternative to agitation.… — Judith Orloff
When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more… — Suzanne Vega
If the Nation can issue a dollar bond it can issue a dollar bill. The element that makes the bond good makes the bill good… — Thomas A. Edison
I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man. True, they nourish some of the elegant arts; but… — Thomas Jefferson
Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried. — Thomas Jefferson
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful; for not only… — Samuel Johnson
The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs. — Samuel Johnson
He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation has something peculiar… — Samuel Johnson

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