Quotes about Utility

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility. Votes: 6

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. Votes: 6

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, and paradise is when you have none. Votes: 6

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. Votes: 6

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time. Votes: 6

I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise. Votes: 6

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty. Votes: 6

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. Votes: 6

Whenever you play dance music, it serves a function. It becomes a utility; you have to worry about the tempos and what you're going to play for people. But when you're playing for listening, you're free. Votes: 6

Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange. Votes: 6

In the richest country in the history of the world, this Obama economy has crushed the middle class. Family income has fallen by $4,000, but health insurance premiums are higher, food prices are higher, utility bills are higher, and gasoline prices have doubled. Today more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before. Votes: 6

Thou shalt learn The wisdom early to discern True beauty in utility. Votes: 4

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. Votes: 4

Whoever, in the pursuit of science, seeks after immediate practical utility, may generally rest assured that he will seek in vain. Votes: 4

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort. Votes: 4

A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility Votes: 4

Failures of perspective in decision-making can be due to aspects of the social utility paradox, but more often result from simple mistakes caused by inadequate thought. Votes: 4

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none. Votes: 4

Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and finally go mad and waste their substance. Votes: 4

The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today - makes more sense than ever. Votes: 4

Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness. Votes: 4

Nearly all of our existing power sources are generators which use a heat cycle. This includes our coal, oil, and gas fired utilities, our automobiles, trucks, and trains, and even our nuclear fission utility power plants. Votes: 4

One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of utility; and when, by its exuberance, ornament interferes with utility, it is misplaced and vulgar. Votes: 4

[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head. Votes: 4

That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity, of a strict adherence to the rules of distributive justice. Votes: 4

Utility is the true criterion of beauty. Votes: 3

Utility then is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it. Votes: 3

Utility is the emotion pleading to be let into the house of pure reason and thereby enriching it. Votes: 3

Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics. Votes: 3

We need a new law that owners of SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicles) are automatically in the military reserve. Then they can go get their own goddamn oil. Votes: 3

Utility is a metaphysical concept of impregnable circularity; utility is the quality in commodities that makes individuals want to buy them, and the fact that individuals want to buy commodities shows that they have utility. Votes: 3

Legalize racing in every State. Sure people will bet, but they get to see the horses run and you certain can't see General Motors and General Electric and General Utility run when you bet on them. Votes: 3

Public Utility Commission (PUC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) complaints are rarely upheld. It is estimated that less than 5% of complaints are successful and that the actual number may be below 1% in some cases. Votes: 3

Utility representatives will not show up at your door unannounced and will not ask for banking information in unsolicited phone calls. If you get a request for personal information that leaves you skeptical, contact my office and we can help determine if the call was legitimate. Votes: 3

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. In this great balance of utility, the spiritual service of art has no weight, and, deprived of all encouragement, it vanishes from the noisy Vanity Fair of our time. Votes: 3

Palestinian and Israeli leaders finally recover the Road Map to Peace, only to discover that, while they were looking for it, the Lug Nuts of Mutual Interest came off the Front Left Wheel of Accommodation, causing the Sport Utility Vehicle of Progress to crash into the Ditch of Despair. Votes: 3

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice. Votes: 2

Any item in your wardrobe should satisfy one of two criteria: utility and joy. Votes: 2

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. Votes: 2

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul. Votes: 2

I rank myself no higher in the scheme of things than a policeman - whose utility would disappear if there were no criminals. Votes: 2

We can't ever forget that the Internet now is just a staid utility. The exciting platforms are software applications that are very, very simple. Votes: 2

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man. Votes: 2

Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace. Votes: 2

The potential for Home Star to create jobs is proven and real. In Vermont, our statewide energy efficiency utility, Efficiency Vermont, created more than 430 jobs in 2007 and 2008, generating more than $40 million in income. Votes: 2

In economic terms, we've always thought of work as a disutility - as something you do to get something else. Now it's increasingly a utility - something that's valuable and worthy in its own right. Votes: 2

If you want to maximize your expected utility, you try to save the world and the future of intergalactic civilization instead of donating your money to the society for curing rare diseases and cute puppies. Votes: 2

The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind. Votes: 2

If you had a really good - battery, it wouldn't matter that the sun goes down at night and the wind stops blowing sometimes. But at the moment, battery technology is nowhere near good enough to use at utility scale. Votes: 2

History or custom or social utility or some compelling sense of justice or sometimes perhaps a semi-intuitive apprehension of the pervading spirit of our law must come to the rescue of the anxious judge and tell him where to go. Votes: 2

Based on my own experience, when you're going through adolescence you don't know how the world works. You can't set a story in the world you live in because you don't know what a utility bill is, or how to budget your paycheck. Votes: 2

The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus in the case before us it cannot be immaterial what plants are subjected to experiment and in what manner such experiment is conducted. Votes: 2

Is beauty enhanced or adulterated by utility? Votes: 0

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. Votes: 0

Current utility and historical origin are different subjects. Votes: 0

And a utility belt! I'm like an asthmatic Batman! Votes: 0

He suddenly found himself on the precipice of utility. Votes: 0

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. Votes: 0

Taking faith seriously leads to the utility of altruistic behavior. Votes: 0

Every institution goes through three stages utility, privilege, and abuse. Votes: 0

A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion. Votes: 0

Some people in the utility industry have called it 'circling the drain' Votes: 0

There's a utility in the democracy refreshing itself on an ongoing basis. Votes: 0

Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures. Votes: 0

Nothing is more useful to man that those arts which have no utility. Votes: 0

Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility. Votes: 0

Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action. Votes: 0

The utility of the robot needs to come first. It's business model over technology. Votes: 0

Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, Losing both beauty and utility. Votes: 0

An important question to ask is, 'Where and when did decoration and utility first meet? Votes: 0

The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke Votes: 0

True art is but the anti-type of nature; the embodiment of discovered beauty in utility. Votes: 0

Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle. Votes: 0

All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility. Votes: 0

The difficulties of economics are mainly the difficulties of conceiving clearly and fully the conditions of utility. Votes: 0

The university is a vast public utility which turns out future workers in today's vineyard, the military-industrial complex. Votes: 0

Psychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage. Votes: 0

Modern science has its value in terms of utility, but it cannot open up existence to human experience. Votes: 0

Repeated reflection and inquiry have led me to the somewhat novel opinion, that value depends entirely upon utility. Votes: 0

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet. Votes: 0

Tools may limit the user, but the utility of tools is limited by the skill of the user. Votes: 0

The calculus of utility aims at supplying the ordinary wants of man at the least cost of labour. Votes: 0

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; it's a privately owned space on the Internet. Votes: 0

I love the idea of making records that people can use, records that have a sense of utility. Votes: 0

If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it. Votes: 0

Happy 60th Birthday, good buddy. How are you dealing with your awful debility, lessened utility and loss of mobility? Votes: 0

To what shall the character of utility be ascribed, if not to that which is a source of pleasure? Votes: 0

Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave. Votes: 0

Music is essentially useless, as life is; but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions. Votes: 0

Regarding wetsuits, I always liked the Marilyn Minter quote, 'Everything's better when wet,' injecting some style into sports utility, Votes: 0

Not to be, but to seem, virtuous - it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery. Votes: 0

The best you can hope for in this life is that your delusions are benign and your compulsions have utility. Votes: 0

My own suspicion is that a stand-alone artificial mind will be more a tool of narrow utility than something especially apocalyptic. Votes: 0

My principal professional objective is to introduce intelligence as the ubiquitous utility. I'd like to be the Thomas Edison of intelligence. Votes: 0

Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility. Votes: 0

Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position. Votes: 0

Possessing utility, commodities derive their exchangeable value from two sources: from their scarcity, and from the quantity of labour required to obtain them. Votes: 0

You can make great money in a utility type of business by borrowing cheaply and lending sensibly but that's not what's being done. Votes: 0

I rank myself no higher in the scheme of things than a policeman - whose utility would disappear if there were no criminals. Votes: 0

We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on hand. Votes: 0

The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally. Votes: 0

The assumption that individuals act objectively in accordance with purely mathematical dictates to maximize their gain or utility cannot be sustained by empirical observation. Votes: 0

Real wealth consists in things of utility and beauty, in things that help to create strong, beautiful bodies and surroundings inspiring to live in. Votes: 0

Beauty is assailed from two directions - by the cult of ugliness in the arts, and by the cult of utility in everyday life. Votes: 0

Timberland is an all-American brand focused on work, utility and the outdoors, that managed to find a place in the fashion world as well Votes: 0

The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility Votes: 0

The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility. Votes: 0

For an infrequent action to become a habit, the user must perceive a high degree of utility, either from gaining pleasure or avoiding pain. Votes: 0

The long term health effects from utility company smart meters present a far greater risk to the general population than terrorism in the USA. Votes: 0

Willfully polluting the ground with AC electricity is just another aspect of how the electrical utility companies will be remembered by the next generation. Votes: 0

There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility. Votes: 0

...the realm of freedom does not commence until the point is passed where labor under the compulsion of necessity and of external utility is required. Votes: 0

Moral sensibilities are nowadays at such cross-purposes that to one man a morality is proved by its utility, while to another its utility refutes it. Votes: 0

Facebook is such a basic utility. It's something that is such a part of peoples' lives, I think it's hard to imagine it going away. Votes: 0

In my humble opinion, the PC as we have known it is in a continuous decline and being relegated to a utility device for businesses. Votes: 0

Bernoulli's real contribution was to coin a word. The word has been translated into English as "utility". It describes this subjective value people place on money. Votes: 0

One of the peculiarities of economics is that it still rests on a behavioral assumption-rational utility maximization-that has long since been rejected by sociologists and psychologists. Votes: 0

Facebook's successor will no doubt provide an easy 'migration utility' through which you can bring all your so-called friends with you, if you even want to. Votes: 0

In the process of helping some (perhaps most) people to more utility and justice, the state imposes on civil society a system of interdictions and commands. Votes: 0

What the customer buys and considers value is never a product. It is always utility, that is, what a product or a service does for the customer. Votes: 0

Having to squeeze the last drop of utility out of the land has the same desperate finality as having to chop up the furniture to keep warm. Votes: 0

Only those who love color are admitted to its beauty and immanent presence. It affords utility to all, but unveils its deeper mysteries only to its devotees. Votes: 0

Sometimes, when I couldn't afford to pay the utility bill at the end of the month, I was forced to read by the light of the stories themselves. Votes: 0

Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day. Votes: 0

It has been known for many years that a subset of the population cannot tolerate the radiation emitted by transmitting utility meters and sickness results in these people. Votes: 0

I'm obsessed with the form of a toolbox. The idea of a portable kit that has everything you might need ignites something inside me. It's like Batman's utility belt. Votes: 0

The current generation of solar and wind power systems generally introduce instability into the electrical utility grid system with their intermittent power generation characteristics and electronically generated harmonic energy. Votes: 0

Though no one would want to be sold as a slave, it is perhaps even more galling to be a sort of utility slave whom no one will buy. Votes: 0

Nothing can be more hopeless than to attempt to explain this similarity of pattern in members of the same class, by utility or by the doctrine of final causes. Votes: 0

Simperium seems like a genuine utility for our own apps, and for other people as a service. And Simplenote, as a product, I love, and it's just darn handy. Votes: 0

The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little. Votes: 0

Uselessness is a fatal accusation to bring against any act which is done for its presumed utility, but those which are done for their own sake are their own justification. Votes: 0

I'm a utility infielder. There's always somebody who is better at a specific task than I am, but I can pitch in at a bunch of different things as needed. Votes: 0

The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise than in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure. Votes: 0

There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is the test of their value. Votes: 0

It is only by being exchanged that the products of labor acquire a socially uniform objectivity as values, which is distinct from their sensuously varied objectivity as articles of utility. Votes: 0

The answer is simple. If we lose the world's forests, we lose the fight against climate change. Rainforests are our Earth's greatest utility - our planet's lungs, thermostat and air-conditioning system. Votes: 0

The utility, or intrinsic value of gold as a commodity is now considerably less than in the past; its monetary status has become extraordinarily ambiguous; and its future is highly uncertain. Votes: 0

It is the peculiar beauty of this method, gentlemen, and one which endears it to the really scientific mind, that under no circumstance can it be of the smallest possible utility. Votes: 0

The point of equilibrium will be known by the criterion that an infinitely small amount of commodity exchanged in addition, at the same rate, will bring neither gain nor loss of utility. Votes: 0

Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand the purpose and ultimate utility of pain Votes: 0

The sceptics assert, though absurdly, that the origin of all religious worship was derived from the utility of inanimate objects,as the sun and moon, to the support and well-being of mankind. Votes: 0

Americans are driving more in less-efficient vehicles. Sales of sports utility vehicles and pickup trucks have been amazingly strong considering the recession, and low pump prices are keeping people on the roads Votes: 0

Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over human conduct than general or remote considerations of policy, utility and justice? Votes: 0

[The theory of the firm] is exactly analogous to the analysis of the reactions of a consumer by means of indifferent curves. Indeed, a consumer is merely a 'firm' whose product is 'utility'. Votes: 0

We know the utility of prayer from the efforts of the wicked spirits to distract us during the divine office; and we experience the fruit of prayer in the defeat of our enemies. Votes: 0

The sharing of goods and resources, from which authentic development proceeds, is not guaranteed by merely technical progress and relationships of utility, but by the potential of love that overcomes evil with good. Votes: 0

Every fiction since Homer has taught friendship, patriotism, generosity, contempt of death. These are the highest virtues; and the fictions which taught them were therefore of the highest, though not of unmixed, utility. Votes: 0

People forget already how much utility they get out of the Internet - how much utility they get out of e-mail, how much utility they get out of even simple things like brochureware online. Votes: 0

Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. . . . Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not. Votes: 0

The potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think, certain. The question is only whether it takes 30 years or 70 years. Votes: 0