Utlilitarians Quotes & Sayings

The sentence is the great invention of civilization. To sit all day long assembling these extraordinary strings of words is a marvelous thing. I couldn't ask for anything better. It's as near to godliness as I can get. — John Banville

Was the leaker in question, Ed Snowden, was he a traitor? — Michele Bachmann

Hell, a guy could love a woman and still fuck ten others. It's just the way it is. — Emma Chase

You utlilitarians, you too love everything useful only as avehicle of your inclinations - you too really find the noise of its wheels intolerable? — Friedrich Nietzsche

There was a sound like a human yawn, and then the skull turned slightly toward me and asked, "What's up, boss?"
"Evil's afoot."
"Well, sure," Bob said, "because it refuses to learn the metric system. Otherwise it'd be up to a meter by now. — Jim Butcher

About all we can hope to do is blow them apart. — Michael Crichton

I don't know why togetherness was ever held up as an ideal of marriage. Away from home for both, then together, that's much better. — Carolyn Heilbrun

I went to Princeton, I minored in women's studies. — Jennifer Weiner

As to people saying a few idle words about us, we must not mind that, any more than the old church steeple minds the rooks cawing about it. — George Eliot

Your success is your responsibility. Take the initiative, do the work, and persist to the end. — Lorii Myers

[Saddam Hussein] is a threat because he is dealing with al-Qaeda ... A true threat facing our country is that an al-Qaeda-type network trained and armed by Saddam could attack America and not leave one fingerprint. — George W. Bush

I'm not going to fit into that English courtroom. I'm going to stand out, with how I dress, and how I think, because I'm not English. I don't know about murder and witness and juries, but I do know how to fix things in my life when they're messed up. If you make a mistake and repent, you're forgiven. You're welcomed back. If you lie, and keep lying, there won't be a place for you. -Katie, Plain Truth — Jodi Picoult

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person. — James Thurber

I'm very happy with how Jaleo in Las Vegas came together. — Jose Andres