Utility Quotes

191 quotes by 174 authors

In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy or common life,… — David Hume
... In a free society, skeptics are the watchdogs against irrationalism - the consumer advocates of ideas. Debunking is not simply the divestment of bunk;… — Michael Shermer
Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures. — James McHenry
To treat programming scientifically, it must be possible to specify the required properties of programs precisely. Formality is certainly not an end in itself. The… — Jim Horning
I trust in Nature for the stable laws Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant And Autumn garner to the end of time. I trust… — Robert Browning
It is the peculiar beauty of this method, gentlemen, and one which endears it to the really scientific mind, that under no circumstance can it… — Henry John Stephen Smith
Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. . . . Thus,… — Laozi
Things in which we do not take joy are either a burden upon our minds to be got rid of at any cost; or they… — Rabindranath Tagore
It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to… — Charles Caleb Colton
Utilities used deregulation to effect a series of mergers limiting competition. In order to accelerate profits, cost cutting ensued, involving the layoff of thousands of… — Dennis Kucinich
Although the Irish language is connected with the many recollections that twine around the hearts of Irishmen, yet the superior utility of the English tongue,… — Daniel O'Connell
The university is a vast public utility which turns out future workers in today's vineyard, the military-industrial complex. They've got to be processed in the… — Mario Savio
I expressed skepticism, in the first chapter, about the utility of time machines in historical research. I especially advised against graduate students relying on them,… — John Lewis Gaddis
The university is a vast public utility which turns out future workers in today's vineyard, the military-industrial complex. — Mario Savio
Sometimes, when I couldnâ€™t afford to pay the utility bill at the end of the month, I was forced to read by the light of… — Steve Stern
Regarding wetsuits, I always liked the Marilyn Minter quote, 'Everything's better when wet,' injecting some style into sports utility, — Cynthia Rowley
Is beauty enhanced or adulterated by utility? — Sena Jeter Naslund
My own suspicion is that a stand-alone artificial mind will be more a tool of narrow utility than something especially apocalyptic. — Jamais Cascio
The hydrogen economy will make possible a vast redistribution of power, with far-reaching consequences for society. Today's centralized, top-down flow of energy, controlled by global… — Jeremy Rifkin
Having to squeeze the last drop of utility out of the land has the same desperate finality as having to chop up the furniture to… — Aldo Leopold

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