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Quotes About Reuse

Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive. But this is a new step to use anything - hats, socks, shirts. It's the first step in the process.
~ Issey Miyake
I avoid using plastic bags.
~ Rashami Desai
I have got no problem with used games. I've bought plenty of used games.
~ Warren Spector
I've always been kind of deep into thrifting and secondhand clothing.
~ Kyle Mooney
I collect a lot of eco-friendly shopping bags that serve to separate my shoes other and other small stuff in my luggage.
~ Liu Wen
It was so important to me to include a sustainable option within my Regatta collection - the brand is known for its incredible sustainability collections. I really try to reuse my outfits and remember that a piece isn't just for a one-off occasion.
~ Rochelle Humes
I know quite a few eco designers who build dresses out of old couture gowns. They disassemble, 'upcycle,' and reuse them in extraordinary ways. To me, that's a sustainable way of doing things.
~ Suzy Amis
la basura de un hombre es el tesoro de otro"; en este esquema, le pedimos a la gente que mire si tiene ropa, muebles o cualquier cosa que ya no use y los lleven a la oficina, donde hay un punto de recolección.
~ Richard Branson
Like evolution, it reuses all the old, successful parts of everything that has come before. Like evolution, it just means unfolding.
~ Richard Powers
A simple, five-command loop expands into a beautiful segmented structure of fifty lines. Little portions of program detach into reusable parts. Neelay's father hooks up a cassette tape player, for easy reloading of their hours of work in mere minutes. But the volume button must be set just right, or everything explodes with a read error.
~ Richard Powers
Nothing lasts forever, not even the best machines. And everything can be reused. - Hephaestus
~ Rick Riordan
Nothing lasts forever. But the thing is, you can reuse some. Use your mind. - Leo's Mother, The Lost Hero
~ Rick Riordan
That line again. For Ian, a joke was not a single-use item but something you brought out again and again until it fell apart in your hands like a cheap umbrella.
~ David Nicholls
The whole purpose of MixBit is to reuse the content within the system.
~ Chad Hurley
The truth is that even the most beautiful, elegant and re-usable architecture, framework or system will only be re-used by people who: a) know it is there b) know how to use it c) are convinced that it is better than doing it themselves
~ Richard Monson-Haefel
reuse is easiest within a project instead of between them. A manager's success depends on performance on a given project and not on performance over several projects. And preparing code for reuse requires additional work, not only by the reuse expert but also by developers. Therefore, preparing for reuse has a cost for any given project.
~ Richard P. Gabriel
reuse is properly a process issue, and individual organizations need to decide whether they believe in its long-term benefits.
~ Richard P. Gabriel
Reusing something instead of immediately discarding it, when done for the right reasons, can be an act of love which expresses our own dignity. —
~ Yvon Chouinard
I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it.
~ Demetri Martin
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).
~ Eric S. Raymond
A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.
~ Chuck Close
We can't think in terms of designing products that we throw over the wall to customers, but instead, we need to design products that are upgradable and maintainable and that can be mined for materials and components that can be reused.
~ Frans van Houten
Duplication is the primary enemy of a well-designed system.
~ Robert C. Martin
If a component contains software that should be reused, it should not also contain software that is not designed for reuse. Either all the classes in a component are reusable, or none of them are.
~ Robert C. Martin