Utility Group Breeds

Famous quotes containing the words utility, group and/or breeds:

“Moral sensibilities are nowadays at such cross-purposes that to one man a morality is proved by its utility, while to another its utility refutes it.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“We often overestimate the influence of a peer group on our teenager. While the peer group is most influential in matters of taste and preference, we parents are most influential in more abiding matters of standards, beliefs, and values.”
—David Elkind (20th century)

“Death is the king of this world: ‘tis his park
Where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain
Are music for his banquet”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)