Definition of By-Product

By-product

A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.

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By-Product Quotations

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
Henry Ford

Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.
Sam Levenson

I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made.
James Hillman

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.
Christopher Lasch

Power is the by-product of understanding.
Jacob Bronowski

Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
Natalie Wood

Divorce is a by-product of the fact that maybe the nuclear unit is gone.
Bob Geldof

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
Benjamin Spock

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.
Juliette Lewis

One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War.
Kathryn Bigelow

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.
Aneurin Bevan

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
Paul Rand

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.
Candice Bergen

Liberalism is a most important by-product of Rationalism, and its origins and ideology must be clearly shown.
Francis Parker Yockey

You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product.
Donna Mills

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.
Steve Coogan

Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.
William Burroughs