Quotes with use-value

Quotes 561 till 580 of 862.

  • Abraham Lincoln The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Stephen Bayley The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
    Stephen Bayley
    British art criticus (1951 - )
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  • Philip K. Dick The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
    Philip K. Dick
    American science fiction writer (1928 - 1982)
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  • Sir William Temple The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
    Sir William Temple
    British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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  • Ben Horowitz The big value of the founder running the company is really two things: the knowledge and the commitment.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Burton Cummings The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment.
    Burton Cummings
    Canadian musician, singer and songwriter (1947 - )
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Sidney Madwed The birthplace of success for each person is in his Inner-Consciousness. The Inner-Consciousness will use whatever it is given. If constructive thoughts are planted positive outcomes will be the result. Plant the seeds of failure and failure will follow.
    Sidney Madwed
    American business consultant, lyricist and author
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  • Carl Sagan The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Wayne Dyer The concept of boredom entails an inability to use up present moments in a personally fulfilling way.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Oscar Wilde The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Beeban Kidron The devices that our kids use are shipped from the factory with every possible audio, visual or vibration alert switched on. Each new app, website, tweet and message adds another layer of intrusion - each intrusion is cynically designed to get a response, and each response creates an appetite for another intrusion.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Ben Elton The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Georges Bataille The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.
    Georges Bataille
    French writer and critic (1897 - 1962)
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  • Oscar Wilde The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade the classics into authorities. They use them as bludgeons for preventing the free expression of Beauty in new forms.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on the possession and use of land.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ghose Aurobindo The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation.
    Ghose Aurobindo
    Indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist (1872 - 1950)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something - war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Edith Hamilton The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said, ''Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought.'' The Greek said, ''All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought.''
    Edith Hamilton
    American educator and author (1867 - 1963)
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