Quotes About Utility

Sólo es realmente hermoso lo que no sirve para nada. Todo lo que es útil es feo, porque es la expresión de alguna necesidad y las necesidades del hombre son ruines y desagradables, igual que su pobre y enfermiza naturaleza. El rincón más útil de una casa son las letrinas (p.

Poets aren't very useful Because they aren't consumeful or very produceful.

Elephants are useful friends: they have handles on both ends.

Words are not nobilities that want their genealogical trees we traced. Words are merchants, swift and useful, now here, now there.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness

He [his uncle, Pliny the Elder] used to say that there was no book so bad that it was not useful at some point. Pliny the Younger, Epistula III.5.10

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Quizá un objeto adquiera belleza con el uso. -Quizá un objeto se use según su belleza.

And second, the best cloaks have innumerable little pockets that I have an irrational and overpowering attraction toward.

the loftier peaks of mathematics did not delight me. I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Humans are irrational creatures. Many of our decisions are not based on a logical thought process. Our "Reptilian Brain" has an abundance of cognitive biases that prevent us from making choices based on pure logic. Society's perception of the utility of psychedelics is a case in point. Considering the documented history, the scientific findings, and the anecdotal reports, it's obvious that we as a society are not thinking logically about their use.

What something has evolved for and what something actually does are two separate things. Once we come to possess a capacity, we can use it for unintended purposes

Energy Management is a journey - Take small but important steps towards making a significant impact on your utility consumption, costs but more importantly save our planet.

I'm thankful for the three ounce Ziploc bag, so that I have somewhere to put my savings.

The ubiquitous semi-sentient utility routine running in her macrocellular clusters responded immediately by unfolding a basic array of mental icons, slender lines of blue fairy light that superimposed themselves within her wobbly vision. She frowned. If she was reading their efficiency modes correctly, her biononics had

A gun can be dangerous. But a gun can protect you, you can hunt for food with it - you know, the tool itself is a tool. The intention of the party using the tool is a part of the process, right? You know: the knife cuts the steak, stabs the person, saves somebody from danger, cuts somebody out of a car.

He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”

Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?