Usufruct Quotes

#1. Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste.

George Perkins Marsh

#2. The California supreme court, following the English common-law, decided that the owner of land bordering a watercourse was entitled only to the usufruct of the water; that if he used it he must return it to its original course unimpaired in quality and undiminished in volume.

Jerome Hart

#3. Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common.

Baltasar Gracian

#4. I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self-evident, that the dart belongs in usufruct to the living.

Thomas Jefferson

#5. Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.

David Brainerd

#6. My wife is funny. And I dabble in it. So being funny is big around our house. But what's surprised me is my daughter can do an English accent. I don't know how she learned this.

Jerry Seinfeld

#7. Turkey has a very young, dynamic, curious population. In Europe, Facebook and Twitter are mostly about sharing daily experiences while for Turkish people, social networks are political platforms.

Elif Safak

#8. I have a bad feeling about this," she said.
"We'll fake it. And if push comes to shove, we can just sing Goober Peas and waltz around."
"Rebecca might not find that very funny."
"Rebecca is a Northerner. You can tell because there aren't any cheese straws on the snack table.

Mary Jane Hathaway

#9. A thing is only right or wrong because you say it is. A thing is not right or wrong intrinsically.

Neale Donald Walsch

#10. Almost everything I learned about being an actor came from those early years at the Actor's Studio.

Paul Newman