Quotes 461 till 480 of 862.
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Now you can begin to see quite transparently that nothing purchased life is one of argument, If other people don't agree with you you're in big trouble. How far would you get in your work if nobody agreed that what you were doing had value?
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Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
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Of course you can use the products of science to do bad things, but you can use them to do good things, too.
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Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
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Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
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Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?
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Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?
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Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?
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Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths?
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Of what value is a mind when placed in the brain of a coward? If mind is a gift of God to man for his use, let him use it. A mind is not in use when doing no good.
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Often while reading a book one feels that the author would have preferred to paint rather than write; one can sense the pleasure he derives from describing a landscape or a person, as if he were painting what he is saying, because deep in his heart he would have preferred to use brushes and colors.
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Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts.
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Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.
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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
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One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
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One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ''weasel words.'' When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a ''weasel word'' after another there is nothing left of the other.
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One of the most satisfying experiences I know is fully to appreciate an individual in the same way I appreciate a sunset. When I look at a sunset... I don't find myself saying, 'Soften the orange a little more on the right hand corner, and put a bit more purple along the base, and use a little more pink in the cloud color...' I don't try to control a sunset. I watch it with awe as it unfolds.
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One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.
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