Phyllis Bottome Quotes

The only use of knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present.

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.

The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.

I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.

Each new situation requires a new architecture.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

Different times require different types of men.

I can be used in various positions.

It doesn't matter what I use. It can be anything. What's interesting is how what I'm doing meets with the stuff I use.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

Every way of classifying a thing is but a way of handling it for some particular purpose.

The roster that we have today may change tomorrow. It is what it is for right now.

There is a use for almost everything.

The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.

Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.

Never stop learning and adapting. The world will always be changing. If you limit yourself to what you knew and what you were comfortable with earlier in your life, you will grow increasingly frustrated with your surroundings as you age.

No book so bad but some part may be of use.

A flip-flopper is an intelligent person who changes position when the circumstance changes.

Anyone I may have used should feel happy that they even had a use. It's better than being useless.

Though I may not flow where the wind guides me, I won’t become still water.

The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application.

It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know

The volumes of antiquity, like medals, may very well serve to amuse the curious, but the works of the moderns, like the current coin of a kingdom, are much better for immediate use.

Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.