#useful

But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#about #believe #elvis #elvis presley #his

I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#beauty

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#character #daring #energy #had #him

We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise. ↗

— Nate Silver

#how #information #learning #means #more

It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#choices #doubts #made #many #politicians

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for. ↗

— James Hillman

#ask #here #how #i #important

Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep through a third of your life, why should you sleep through your dreams, too? ↗

— Stephen LaBerge

#dreams #life #lucid #must #our dreams

I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#i #lasting #maintain #nothing #useful

I mean, making simulations of what you're going to build is tremendously useful if you can get feedback from them that will tell you where you've gone wrong and what you can do about it. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#build #feedback #get #going #gone

A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself. ↗

— George Berkeley

#fails #itself #liberty #mind #nothing