Quotes with usefulness

  • Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.
  • Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.
  • The usefulness of madmen is famous: they demonstrate society's logic flagrantly carried out down to its last scrimshaw scrap.

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  • Henry Wheeler Shaw My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
    Henry Wheeler Shaw
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Richard Nixon A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.
    Richard Nixon
    American president (1913 - 1994)
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  • Peace Pilgrim Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.
    Peace Pilgrim
    American activist, mystic and pacifist
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Charles Simmons Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.
    Charles Simmons
    American editor and novelist (1798 - 1856)
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  • William O. Douglas The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change, adapting old ideas that have outlived their usefulness to current facts.
    William O. Douglas
    American jurist and politician (1898 - 1980)
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  • Cynthia Ozick The usefulness of madmen is famous: they demonstrate society's logic flagrantly carried out down to its last scrimshaw scrap.
    Cynthia Ozick
    American writer (1928 - )
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  • Alfred Korzybski Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.
    Alfred Korzybski
    Polish-American independent scholar (1879 - 1950)
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