Usefulness Quotes

180 quotes by 155 authors

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness. — John Cheever
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are… — Richard Courant
Every person who has grown to any degree of usefulness, every person who has grown to distinction, almost without exception has been a person who… — Booker T. Washington
I loathed the game, and since I could see no pleasure or usefulness in it, it was very difficult for me to show courage at… — George Orwell
We have no organ at all for knowledge, for truth: we know (or believe or imagine) precisely as much as may be useful in the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. — Ann Radcliffe
So far there has been no philosopher in whose hands philosophy has not grown into an apology for knowledge; on this point, at least, every… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality… — Gene Tunney
The truly scientific mind is altogether unafraid of the new, and while having no mercy for ideas which have served their turn or shown their… — Wilfred Trotter
Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his… — William Penn
If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Any one who has studied the history of science knows that almost every great step therein has been made by the "anticipation of Nature," that… — Thomas Huxley
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
Indeed the general natural Tendency of Reading good History, must be, to fix in the Minds of Youth deep Impressions of the Beauty and Usefulness… — Benjamin Franklin
Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
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
Success can corrupt; usefulness can only exalt. — Dimitris Mitropoulos
The usefulness of mathematics in furthering the sciences is commonly acknowledged: but outside the ranks of the experts there is little inquiry into its nature… — Herbert Turnbull
Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all… — Matthew Simpson
The Age of Oil has really exhausted its usefulness, and it has actually become a danger to our lives and our ability to survive on… — Dennis Weaver

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