#usefulness

I do think that art that doesn't communicate is useless. ↗

— William Golding

#communication #usefulness #art

Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and intelligent beings, with minds capable of expansion, and talents formed for usefulness. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#beings #capable #consider #doubt #expansion

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#forget #his #individual #issue #loses

In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#could #entered #environment #eventually #experience

A person's worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#person #quite #society #their #usefulness

If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#depended #human #human lives #judged #lives

The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this country. ↗

— David F. Houston

#country #food #human #only #recently

The reason why I take my life is because I want to go to my wife and boy. My usefulness in this world is at an end. I can not be satisfied in any business and can not be without their companionship. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#because #boy #business #companionship #end

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. ↗

— Charles Simmons

#attention #delightful #duty #easy #energy

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#bend #direction #like #lose #men