Utility Quotes

“Function means the relations of an object to the people who use it.”

“The only real merit of a man is his power of doing that which is useful to mankind.”

“A large part of mathematics which becomes useful developed with absolutely no desire to be useful.”

“The sacred is that which is withdrawn from the world of use.”

“The most important thing for me is to create something that people can really use in their daily lives.”

“It's just a tool. The whole idea was to make a tool that a musician could go out and earn a living with.”

“In the long run, the most abstract, the most 'useless' research is the most useful of all.”

“Mathematics – the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.”

“To be rational is to maximize expected utility, but the utility must be my own.”

“The great beauty of the structure is that of utility.”

“The 'useful' is not a criterion of scientific validity.”

“To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.”

“PHP is about as exciting as your toothbrush. You use it every day, it does the job, it is a simple tool, so what?”

“To be noble is to be useful to mankind.”

“The 'real' mathematics of the 'real' mathematicians, the mathematics of Fermat and Euler and Gauss and Abel and Riemann, is almost wholly 'useless'.”

“The Craftsman idea is to make useful things beautiful and beautiful things useful.”

“Why, sir, there is every probability that you will soon be able to tax it!”

“A great object is always answered when the feelings of an individual are gratified, or his wants are supplied, if this can be done without causing a greater injury to another.”

“There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.”

“That which is not useful is vicious.”