The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 64
The Supreme Court made an important pronouncement against political corruption. It provided a useful tool, the disgorgement remedy, for use in civil litigation as a deterrent to the payment of bribes to secure government business. Patrick Collins More Patrick Collins Quotes 5
I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews. Bob Woodward American Journalist More Bob Woodward Quotes 3
I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews. Bob Woodward American Journalist More Bob Woodward Quotes 3
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. Karl Marx German Philosopher More Karl Marx Quotes 1
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities. Dalai Lama More Dalai Lama Quotes 1
True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense. Emanuel Swedenborg More Emanuel Swedenborg Quotes 1
Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. Christian Lous Lange Norwegian Politician More Christian Lous Lange Quotes 1
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. Charles Darwin English Scientist More Charles Darwin Quotes 1
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool. Stephen King Author More Stephen King Quotes 1
I do like to write nasty songs. It's a useful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative. Lisa Marie Presley American Musician More Lisa Marie Presley Quotes 1
Well, there's no doubt about the fact that, that higher energy prices lead to greater conservation, greater energy efficiency, and they also, of course, play a useful role on the supply side. John W. Snow American Economist More John W. Snow Quotes 0
When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh. Todd Solondz American Writer More Todd Solondz Quotes 0
Sign language is useful to the deaf but vital to the Italians. Paul Carvel Belgian Writer More Paul Carvel Quotes 0
Chemistry Today and Tomorrow: The Central, Useful, and Creative Science. He has an uncommon capacity for engaging all sorts of people in conversation; he is not only a gifted scientist but a great spokesperson for the public image and relevance of chemistry. Paul Anderson More Paul Anderson Quotes 0
Proximity talks can be enormously useful. There are people who don't want to talk face to face and who, when they talk face to face, they don't have anything productive to say to each other. Peter Rodman More Peter Rodman Quotes 0
What donors find useful is to provide resources to try to guide the main work of these organizations so they go as far upstream as they can when the projects are being prepared to ensure the projects acknowledge their development priorities. Peter Bate More Peter Bate Quotes 0
Our meeting has been useful, not in narrowing the differences but in defining them, ... I feel we have done everything we could reasonably be expected to do in agriculture. Peter Mandelson More Peter Mandelson Quotes 0
The meeting was businesslike and a useful beginning to the dialogue process. Philip Reeker More Philip Reeker Quotes 0
Immediately after the incident we detained two for interrogation and I feel they could give us useful information. Philemon More Philemon Quotes 0
This is useful and very effective, because returning them to peaceful life is better than fighting. Ramzan Kadyrov More Ramzan Kadyrov Quotes 0
Those ads have become extremely useful to scholars because they are one of the few places that describe slaves physically, their appearance, what type of clothes they wore, whether they were literate, what type of talents they had. While slaves are treated impersonally as a group, when one runs away, then we get a personal description. Richard Newman More Richard Newman Quotes 0
But they have to be encapsulated to be useful in real-world applications. In the past, encapsulation spoiled the very material properties we're after. Richard Palmer More Richard Palmer Quotes 0
We are well on track in our negotiations. We had a very useful and very constructive, fruitful meeting today. Reinhard Priebe More Reinhard Priebe Quotes 0