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- I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. — Lee Child
- The harsh, useful things of the world, from pulling teeth to digging potatoes, are best done by men who are as starkly… — H. L. Mencken
- Science only means knowledge; and for [Greek] ancients it did only mean knowledge. Thus the favorite science of the Greeks was Astronomy,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- True science is distinctively the study of useless things. For the useful things will get studied without the aid of scientific men.… — Charles Sanders Peirce
- Prayer is the practice of drawing on the grace of God. Don't say, "I will endure this until I can get away… — Oswald Chambers
- Next came the patent laws. These began in England in 1624, and in this country with the adoption of our Constitution. Before… — Abraham Lincoln
- You have to know accounting. It's the language of practical business life. It was a very useful thing to deliver to civilization.… — Charlie Munger
- That is, to me at least, one of the most helpful and useful things books do for us: They are generous enough… — John Green