Utilitarians Could Be Accused Quotes & Sayings

To be persuasive, We must be believable,
To be believable, We must be credible,
To be credible, We must be truthful. — Edward R. Murrow

The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships. — Kurtis Blow

If you don't have a nasty obituary you probably didn't matter. — Freeman Dyson

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on. — Mahalia Jackson

At Blackwater Pond
At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled
after a night of rain.
I dip my cupped hands. I drink
a long time. It tastes
like stone, leaves, fire. It falls cold
into my body, waking the bones. I hear them
deep inside me, whispering
oh what is that beautiful thing
that just happened? — Mary Oliver

Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out. — Clea Duvall

The old paradigm was pay to play. Now you get back what you authentically put in. You've got to be willing to play to play. — Alex Bogusky

He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson. — Doc Severinsen

'Trading Places' did more for my career than anything I'd ever done. It was a zonking great hit, and it was also just a joy to do. — Denholm Elliott

The Stolen and Perverted Writings of Homer & Ovid, of Plato & Cicero, which all men ought to contemn, are set up by artifice against the Sublime of the Bible — William Blake

Freedom flourishes upon the bedrock of ethics and integrity. — Mollie Marti