Usefulness Quotes

180 Usefulness quotes by 152 unique authors

Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own, like pieces of… — F. Sionil Jose
New York, like the Soviet Union, has this universal usefulness: It makes you glad you live elsewhere. — John Updike
The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness… — Kevin Kelly
The reason why I take my life is because I want to go to my wife and boy. My usefulness in this world is at… — Alex Campbell
Besides, my usefulness here is destroyed because all of my friends think me a man of unsound mind. — Alex Campbell
The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this country. — David F. Houston
Men define intelligence, men define usefulness, men tell us what is beautiful, men even tell us what is womanly. — Sally Kempton
OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an _old man_. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive… — Ambrose Bierce
The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change,… — William Osler
We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is… — James Hillman
Of all the forms of injustice, that is the most egregious which makes the circumstances of sex a reason for excluding one half of mankind… — Charles Brockden Brown
If this is to be a Happy New Year, a year of usefulness, a year in which we shall live to make this life better… — David Kreger
The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness. — Wandini
The usefulness or otherwise of wealth, status and power to a possessor depends only on a single factor: the nature and strength of his reason. — Thiruman Archunan
The only usefulness of a map or a language depends on the similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map-languages. — Alfred Korzybski
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence and usefulness — Charles Simmons
To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration.… — William Ellery Channing
Nothing is more useful than silence. — Menander Of Athens
Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the… — Marie Curie
What is useful cannot be base — Latin Proverb
Deliciousness is only an index of usefulness. — David Eagleman
Useful daleits, a number of thanks to the author. It is puzzling to me now, but in general, the usefulness and importance is overwhelming. Quite… — Unknown Author
Competitions can be meaningful only, when its usefulness to them honestly Participate — Mak_786
A large part of mathematics which becomes useful developed with absolutely no desire to be useful, and in a situation where nobody could possibly know… — John Von Neumann
By and large it is uniformly true that in mathematics there is a time lapse between a mathematical discovery and the moment it becomes useful;… — John Von Neumann

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