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"One principle problem of educating software engineers is that they will not use a new method until they believe it works and, more importantly, that they will not believe the method will work until they see it for themselves."
"It isnecessary to destroy the pretended nobility, entirely literaryand traditional, of marble and bronze? The sculptor can use twenty different materials, or even more, in a single work, provided that the plastic emotion requires it."
"Talk less, but with more awareness. Every word you use, use purposefully."
"You can tell a person's past, present and future by listening to the words they use."
"An addict is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong."
"Use your light, but dim your brightness."
"If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him."
"He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect."
"Whatever you have, you must either use or lose."
"Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage."
"The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating."
"So great and boundless is God's wisdom that he knows right well how to use evil instruments to do good."
"It has always been the artist who realizes that the future is the present and uses his work to prepare the grounds for it"
"When man becomes reconciled to nature, when space becomes his true background, these words and concepts will have lost their meaning, and we will no longer have to use them."
"I belong to Jesus. He must have the right to use me without consulting me."
"On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use."
"There is a Power in the universe greater than you are, and you can use it."
"There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability."
"My every thought has the power either to wound or heal. I will use my thoughts wisely and respect their power."
"Man is the only thing that has no further use after something goes amiss."
