To Be Of Use Quotes

I believe in the time when we shall be able to create works of art in the Theatre without the use of the written play, without the use of actors.

The use of God in moral debate is so problematic as to be almost worthless.

Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.

Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

Play is the state of mind that we can use in our creative process to our advantage.

There's an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

With the NDAA, his failure to close Guantanamo Bay and the ramping use of drones, President Obama looks suspiciously like President Bush, a man on a quest for American Empire.

The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.

Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.

Your voice dries up if you don't use it.

In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.

You can't use an old map to see a new land.

Translating is a respectable, valuable, creative and worthwhile use of a human brain.

Use the worst colour you can find in each place - it usually is the best.

The happiest people are fearless dreamers. They use their imaginations to create hope and possibility.

The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.

I use the echo effect a lot when I DJ because it allows for smooth transitions, especially at different BPMs. It also adds a studio quality to live DJ performances.

Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration

For the past 10 years, corporations have been trained that they should use all the different media... But the internet is becoming the umbrella.

The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.

The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use these things.

The IRS takes your money. Congress uses our money to arm our enemies. The IRS takes more of your money. Congress uses that money to fight the enemies Congress just armed.

The best thing a person can be is of-some-use.

Whether it's cushions you only use outside in the summer, or blankets that only come out in the winter, you've always got to think of where to store them.

It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.

If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.

The only art I'm interested in is the art I don't understand right away. If you understand it right away it really has no use except as nostalgia.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.

Everything that doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. And later on you can use it in some story.

Recipes don't work unless you use your heart!

The only hope I can see for the future depends on a wiser and braver use of the reason, not a panic flight from it.

I can't live without my dark plum eyeliner. I use liquid because it's easier on my eyes.

We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.

Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too.

At culinary school, none of the things we use to define ourselves outside that world - actor, producer, student - none of that matters. It's a magical art form.

The air to a glider pilot is a reality. . . . He is trying to understand it in all its moods; to learn its flow, its laws, and to try and use this knowledge to his own ends.

My body is so important to me... my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have.

When painting the faces of young persons ... use the yolk of the egg of a city hen, because they have lighter yolks than those of country hens.

Time is given us to use in view of eternity.

Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a given space, the intrusion of one order into another.

Attacking me and women who use contraception by calling us prostitutes and worse cannot silence us.

Kindness is not a bad religion, no matter what name you use for God.

If you find someone attractive, you try to make them find you attractive. That is called seduction. And seduction is a bit ugly. You could say it's a bit ugly to use your charisma.

The brutal, soul-shaking truth is that we are so earthly minded we are of no heavenly use.

The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don't have much personal use for money.