Bases Quote by Herbert Marcuse

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.

— John Cage

That which is useless dies. Animals that fail to serve some useful purpose in the scheme of things slowly but surely become extinct. Let…

— B. C. Forbes

To behave "humanely" it is perfectly possible to do without the notion of "humanity."

— Talal Asad

It serves the purpose of not serving a purpose, surely quite a valid one.

— Peter Greenaway

Many a scientist has patiently designed experiments for the purpose of substantiating his belief that animal operations are motivated by no purposes. He has…

— Alfred North Whitehead

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.

— Ovid

There could conceivably be circumstances in which an experiment on an animal stands to reduce suffering so much that it would be permissible to…

— Peter Singer

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.

— Thomas Huxley

Purpose is stronger than object.

— Jim Rohn

Most animal experimentation is useless.

— Henry Heimlich

My life serves no purpose like yours. The human species is a disease.

— Jeremy Limn

Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.

— Aristotle