Quotes on Use

Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?

Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, and of the entrepreneurs, who turn capital to new uses.

Feminine traits are called weaknesses. People joke about them; fools ridicule them; but reasonable persons see very well that those traits are just the tools for the management of men, and for the use of men for female designs.

The government doesn't want you to use YOUR drugs, they want you to use THEIR drugs.

The most powerful way to control your focus is through the use of QUESTIONS

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

Forcing yourself to use restricted means is the sort of restraint that liberates invention. It obliges you to make a kind of progress that you can't even imagine in advance.

We need to give Christ a chance to make use of us, to be His word and His work, to share His food and His clothing in the world today. If we do not radiate the light of Christ around us, the sense of the darkness that prevails in the world will increase.

Study and practice are both very important, but they must go hand in hand. Faith without knowledge is not sufficient. Faith needs to be supported by reason. However intellectual understanding that is not applied in practice is also of little use. Whatever we learn from study we need to apply sincerely in our daily lives.

In giving presentations, use the 10/20/30 rule....use only 10 slides, take 20 minutes maximum, and use at least 30-point fonts.

The atom cannot disobey the law. Whether it is the mental or the physical atom, it must obey the law. "What is the use of [external restraint]?"

In this culture, God is not the highest entity; mukti or liberation is the highest goal. We are willing to use God as a stepping stone, if needed.

The main achievement of economics is that it has provided a theory of peaceful human cooperation. This is why the harbingers of violent conflict have branded it as a dismal science and why this age of wars, civil wars, and destruction has no use for it.

We must keep ourselves in touch, not with theories, but with people. We must never get out of touch with them if we are going to use the Word of God skillfully amongst them and if the Holy Spirit is to apply the Word of God through us.

The days are long enough for those who use them.

Use memories. Do not let memories use you.

Our prayers cannot force God to do anything, but He uses them as His own instruments to bring about His will.

We can't run out of resources. Resources exist when the human mind sees how to use something.

Talk less, but with more awareness. Every word you use, use purposefully.