“The explanation of types of structure in classes - as resulting from the will of the Deity, to create animals on certain plans - is no explanation. It has not the character of a physical law and is therefore utterly useless. It foretells nothing because we know nothing of the will of the Deity, how it acts and whether constant or inconstant like that of man.” KnowsMenCharacterLawCertainAnimalClassPlansTypeStructureConstantUselessExplanationDeities Author:Charles Darwin
“Those who believe that... detailed rules originate in a certain cause, are as far from the truth as those who assume that the whole law is useless.” BelieveWholeLawCertainCausesAssumingUseless Book:Guide for the perplexed Source: Guide for the perplexed
“Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics. All three are processes in which useful or accessible forms of some quantity, such as energy or money, are transformed into useless, inaccessible forms of the same quantity. That is not to say that these three processes don't have fringe benefits: taxes pay for roads and schools; the second law of thermodynamics drives cars, computers and metabolism; and death, at the very least, opens up tenured faculty positions.” SchoolFormLawLife IsCertainThreeEnergyProcessPayCarPositionTaxesBenefitsComputerUselessFacultyTransformedQuantityFringeInaccessibleMetabolismThermodynamics Author:Seth Lloyd
“Legislatures have no right to set up an inquisition and examine into the private opinions of men. Test-laws are useless and ineffectual, unjust and tyrannical.” MenLawOpinionAtheismTestsPositive AtheismUselessUnjustLegislatureInquisition Author:Oliver Ellsworth