Useful Quotes

1790 Useful quotes by 1250 unique authors

It must be for truth's sake, and not for the sake of its usefulness to humanity, that the scientific man studies Nature. The application of… — Louis Agassiz
I have never done anything 'useful'. No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly, for good or ill, the… — G. H. Hardy
[P]ure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly… — G. H. Hardy
Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this… — Elizabeth Hardwick
Upon this subject, the habits of our whole species fall into three great classes--useful labour, useless labour and idleness. Of these the first only is… — Abraham Lincoln
Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own right, shall receive… — George Washington
Congress shall have Power . . . to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Time to Authors and Inventors… — James Madison
Great genetics are not necessarily a precursor for success in the game. Brazilian Legend Pelé has often said that soccer stars are not born. Without… — Unknown Author
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society. — Man Ray
What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church? [...]… — Martin Luther
It is the triumph of civilization that at last communities have obtained such a mastery over natural laws that they drive and control them. The… — Henry Ward Beecher
While the primary function of formal Buddhist meditation is to create the possibility of the experience of "being," my work as a therapist has shown… — Mark Epstein
What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to… — Benjamin Disraeli
You have to know accounting. It's the language of practical business life. It was a very useful thing to deliver to civilization. I've heard it… — Charlie Munger
In principle as a philosophy, a model of organising society, Communism has to be respected. As regards the use of certain methods to advance social… — Mikhail Gorbachev
Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich… — P T Barnum
I acknowledge that such a debt [of service to my fellow-citizens] exists, that a tour of duty in whatever line he can be most useful… — Thomas Jefferson
Crime is a human behavior problem, not a mechanical problem. Furthermore, if firearms were not very useful for self-defense, then police wouldn't carry them. In… — Charley Reese
Goodness is always an asset. A man who is straight, friendly and useful may never be famous, but he is respected and liked by all… — Herbert Newton Casson
Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work. — Aldous Huxley
My opinion of Christian Zionists? They're scum. But don't tell them that. We need all the useful idiots we can get right now. — Benjamin Netanyahu
Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been… — Jack Handey
Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and… — Grenville Kleiser
Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration. — G. D. H. Cole
Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. — Alfonso X of Castile

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