Use quotes

Use

6.2K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

6.2K quotes

Explore further

Browse quotes that often appear alongside use — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.

Quote collection

Use quotes (page 71 of 312)

Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.

Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
Use

"Is there no room for art in the spoken language? What is the use of creating an unnatural language to the exclusion of the natural one?"

Read quote 3 likes
Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
Use

"If a person who lives in God becomes miserable, what is the use of living in God? What is the use of such a God? Throw such a God overboard into the Pacific Ocean. We do not want such a God!"

Read quote 3 likes
Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
Use

"The atom cannot disobey the law. Whether it is the mental or the physical atom, it must obey the law. "What is the use of [external restraint]?""

Read quote 3 likes
Russell Simmons Entrepreneur, Music Producer
Use

"I don't use my brain about the creative thing. From a business standpoint, I instinctively do things: when I get something right, it's never because I use my brain."

Read quote 3 likes
Ryan Adams Musician, Singer-songwriter
Use

"I always have to remember that I am the narrator, but it doesn't have to be about me. A lot of songwriting is about trying to use what part of me is valid in telling the story. I don't want to overcook it, you know? Sometimes it seems that's really where the work is."

Read quote 3 likes
Ryan Lewis Music Producer, Rapper
Use

"For me personally, to hop onboard and use the amazing success and blessings in my life to pull off something like the 30/30 Project is awesome."

Read quote 3 likes
Sylvia Plath Poet, Novelist
Use

"I decided I would put off the novel until I had gone to Europe and had a lover, and that I would never learn a word of shorthand. If I never learned shorthand I would never have to use it."

Read quote 3 likes
Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur
Use

"If you use your money to create exceptional products and services, you won't need to spend it on advertising."

Read quote 3 likes
Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur
Use

"Personalizatio n wasn't supposed to be a cleverly veiled way to chase prospects around the web, showing them the same spammy ad for the same lame stuff as everyone else sees. No, it is a chance to differentiate at a human scale, to use behavior as the most important clue about what people want and more important, what they need."

Read quote 3 likes
Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur
Use

"You can use social media to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople."

Read quote 3 likes
Seth Lloyd Computer Scientist
Use

"[With quantum computers] you can calculate how many bits are in the universe, how much energy it takes to flip them, how much energy exists, and use that to rule out lots of things about the universe's history. Anything that takes more bit flips couldn't have happened."

Read quote 3 likes
Rand Paul Politician
Use

"The people who get the ability to use force have to be watched carefully by civilians to make sure they don't use it excessively."

Read quote 3 likes
Use

"Any of us probably could do more important things than we are doing. Any of us could use some changes in our tasks. But none of us - and still stay alive and sane - could do without something to do."

Read quote 3 likes
Use

"I know no man who has any monopoly upon the wisdom of this universe. It belongs to those who can use it to help themselves and others."

Read quote 3 likes