To Be Of Use Quotes

The only advice ... that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions.

I consider space to be a material. The articulation of space has come to take precedence over other concerns. I attempt to use sculptural form to make space distinct.

Learn to use your brains as deftly as your powder box, and then maybe you have a powder box and do not need.

Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination.

The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them.

You know how they say we only use 10 percent of our brains? I think we only use 10 percent of our hearts.

Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it.

We are perfect and it's just for us to acknowledge this aspect of us, be conscious in our thoughts and use mind power to bring forth the betterment of the nation.

I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain.

My wireless transmitter does not use Hertzian waves, which are a grievous myth, but sound waves in the aether.

Don't use all your health to chase after wealth, only to spend all your wealth later to get back your health.

Jazz is my adventure. I'm after new chords, new ways of syncopating, new figures, new runs. How to use notes differently. That's it. Just using notes differently.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.

You have to self-reflect. If you forget who you actually are, then what's the use of even looking in the mirror.

Music is more than just listening to it. People use the music for them protection at times.

God gave me both a brain and a body, and I shall use them both.

I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

Abstract is not a style. I simply want to make a surface work. This is just a use of space and form: it's an ambivalence of forms and space.

By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.

If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing.

True power and true happiness are when you use your success to make others around you feel even more significant.

There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men

My roommate says, "I'm going to take a shower and shave. Does anyone need to use the bathroom?" It's like some weird quiz where he reveals the answer first.

I suspect that dreams are an integral part of existence, with far more use for us than we've made of them...The fine line between the dream state and reality is at times, for me, quite grey.

Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.

You cannot use butterfly language to communicate with caterpillars

If you're lucky enough to use something you see in a dream, it is purely original. It's not in the world - it's in your head. I think that is amazing.

The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation.

The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.

Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day, and which cannot be kept or re-used. If we do not use this miracle today, it will be lost.

I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

He would use amphetamines to stay awake because he would have late night maneuvers that would go way into the early morning hours and he was given pills to stay up for the long hours.

God will use your mess for good. We see a perfect mess; God sees a perfect chance to train, test , and teach.

I dont want to show clothes, I want to show my attitude, my past, present and future. I use memories and future visions and try to place them in todays world.

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

Once I cried in a restaurant because the waitress told me I couldn't eat my soup with a fork, I had to use a spoon.

Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher.

The use of plant oil as fuel may seem insignificant today. But such products can in time become just as important as kerosene and these coal-tar-products of today.

Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way, depend on the tools we have then and our ability to use them, and not on the steps that got us there.

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.