Quotes about Utility

The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God by no means to be despised, and a faculty worthy of commendation.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

I don't see any use in finding out things and clogging up my head with them when I mayn't ever have any occasion to use 'em.

Man is created for a purpose; the object of his existence is to perfect himself. Man is imperfect by nature, because if nature had made him perfect he would have had no wants; and it is only by supplying his wants that utility can be developed. The development of utility is therefore the object of our being, and the attainment of this great end the cause of our existence.

The gospel we preach must not be just something we hear from men or read from books or even conceived through our meditation. Unless it is delivered to us by God, it can serve no spiritual utility.

Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.

The easiest, most straightforward way to create a great product or service is to make something you want to use.

Mo Ostin was a great money-maker, but he had the aesthetic interest of a fire plug.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

Artists sometimes talk about art for art's sake. What they mean is that art has intrinsic worth: it has value in and of itself, apart from any utility. This needs to be said because there are always some people who wonder why we need art, on the assumption that in order to be a legitimate calling it must perform some practical function. But since God has made us to enjoy beauty, art itself is able to nourish our souls.

Money is worth what it will help you to produce or buy and no more.