Utility Quotes

191 quotes by 174 authors

That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain… — James Madison
Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul. — Karl Jaspers
Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics. — Edward Dahlberg
In economic terms, we've always thought of work as a disutility - as something you do to get something else. Now it's increasingly a utility… — Daniel H. Pink
Timberland is an all-American brand focused on work, utility and the outdoors, that managed to find a place in the fashion world as well — Pharrell Williams
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion. — George Washington
The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet… — Michel de Montaigne
It seems to me that education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one is utility and… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Modern science has its value in terms of utility, but it cannot open up existence to human experience. — Jaggi Vasudev
We need a new law that owners of SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicles) are automatically in the military reserve. Then they can go get their own… — Jello Biafra
Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position. — Sparky Anderson
It is the censor's business to make a judgment about the propriety of the content or message of the proposed expressive activity. The regulation here… — Richard Posner
What meaning has such meditation? There is no meaning; there is no utility. But in that meditation there is a movement of great ecstasy which… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world. If dandelions were hard to grow, they… — Andrew Mason
It is rather astonishing how little practical value scientific knowledge has for ordinary men, how dull and commonplace such of it as has value is,… — G. H. Hardy
In the process of helping some (perhaps most) people to more utility and justice, the state imposes on civil society a system of interdictions and… — Anthony de Jasay
Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action. — Charles William Eliot
To be governed is, under pretext of public utility and in the name of the general interest, to be laid under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
The income men derive from producing things of slight consequence is of great consequence. The production reflects the low marginal utility of the goods to… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Indeed, the best practical reason to think that social media can help bring political change is that both dissidents and governments think they can. All… — Clay Shirky

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