#useful thing

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#elevates #god #limits #man #narrow

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#always #expediency #most #principle #sacrificed

I think because my parents died in their early 50s, mid 50s, I always thought I would die young. And that's been both a useful thing and I suspect something that's haunted me a little bit. ↗

— Stephen Dunn

#because #been #bit #both #die

Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#after #assist #created #i #i can

I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing to have in this business. I'm glad on the one hand that I've got it, but I wish it was more powerful. I wish I had a greater range. I wish it was more accurate at times. ↗

— Gary Numan

#business #distinctive #glad #good #got