To Be Of Use Quotes

It never ceases to amaze me to see how much territory can be grasped if one merely masters and consistently uses all the obvious and easily learned principles.

The biggest enemy we face is anthropocentrism. This is that common attitude that everything on this Earth was put here for [human] use.

Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste?

By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method; it is much closer to reality.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

I often think that God must have been looking for someone small enough and weak enough for Him to use, and that He found me.

Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.

I'd been taught to paint like other people, and I thought, what's the use? I couldn't do any better than they, or even as well. I was just adding to the brushpile. So I quit.

What we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return

When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take...I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh.

If you try to use Christ as a solution to your problems, it will not work. You have to serve Him in order for Him to serve you.

when a gourd is hollowed out it becomes empty and is of great use to the world because of its emptiness.

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.

Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature.

People use irony as a defense mechanism.

It's no use analyzing your life the whole time. Those analyses won't help you when you're dead

It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.

Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in my art. Why? Because I'm an artist and I have to.

To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception

Every day I wake up and I really try to pinch myself to take advantage of today and to use that freedom of gesture to do what I really like to do.

An idea is worthless unless you use it.

To use the term blind faith, is to use an adjective needlessly.

It'll be nice not to have to use my fake IDs anymore.

I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world, because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.

God steps into the suffering with us, and He takes it on himself, and He walks through it with us, and He uses it to create something in you that is #‎ unstoppable .

Death accompanies us at every step and enables us to use those moments when life smiles at us to feel more deeply the sweetness of life. The more certain the end, the more tempting the minute.

Of course the Devil is laughing at folks for believing it [Big Bang, etc.]. But hey, it works, it sends 'em to Hell, so he'll use it.

The executive art is nine-tenths inducing those who have authority to use it in taking pertinent action

Every free man has a right to the use of the press, so he has to the use of his arms.

You let your past destroy you, or you use it to create something better

The biggest pests are the people who use altruism as an alibi. What they passionately wish is to make themselves important.

IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of making Web applications that work with any kind of device.

The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.

A man called, wanting to borrow a rope. "You cannot have it," said Nasrudin. "Why not?" "Because it is in use." "But I can see it just lying there, on the ground." "That's right: that's its use.

Of all evil-doers, the American is most to be feared. He uses more ingenuity in the planning of his projects and will take greater risks in carrying them out than any other malefactor on earth.

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

Technique is something that you use if you need it. Otherwise, to hell with it.

Justin's fan are called Beliebers because it's politically incorrect to use the word retards.

... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!

The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.

What happens to us in life is less important; the real question can be whether or not we use the experience to grow.

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.

The highest aim of the aesthetic being is to find the Divine through beauty; the highest Art is that which by an inspired use of significant and interpretative form unseals the door of the spirit.

I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop, At the time that I am bored or understand - I use those words interchangeably - another appetite has formed.

[There's] nothing special about an actor's imagination, except that he uses it a lot.

On balance, the use of encryption, just like the use of good locks on doors, has the net effect of preventing a lot more crime than it might assist.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.

I want you. Bad. Right now. Against the wall. On my bed. The floor and maybe in the bathroom later. I have a shower stall and a Jacuzzi we could put to really good use. I know you'd like it.

Use wisely your power of choice.

I will not use my legislative powers except in a very limited framework.