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Useless Quotes

Facts, according to my ideas, are merely the elements of truths, and not the truths themselves; of all matters there are none so utterly useless by themselves as your mere matters of fact Picture Quote #1

They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is Picture Quote #1

I know what it’s like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it’s like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis Picture Quote #1

Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man’s onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which those of comparison and judgment would be useless, is itself a divine prerogative of the reason Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to do just another set of recipes. I think that’s useless Picture Quote #1

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative Picture Quote #1

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The most important thing however is the money. What use would it be to us, to have a a mighty stadium but a useless team, because we couldn’t afford anything better? Picture Quote #1

Not only was it nearly impossible to hear because of these huge rubber ears we had to wear, but we also had these huge furry hands which were absolutely useless, especially if you had to scratch yourself Picture Quote #1

I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless Picture Quote #1

In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation to chemical affinity is, however, sufficiently evident. May it not be identical with it, and an essential property of matter? Picture Quote #1

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don’t populate them with characters that readers can care about Picture Quote #1

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly Picture Quote #1

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There’s something that happens in that delivery room, when a woman becomes ten times more a woman, and a guy becomes six times less a man. You feel really dopey and useless and like a spectator. I did, anyway Picture Quote #1

If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it’s false and useless Picture Quote #1

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind Picture Quote #1

I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress Picture Quote #1

You could never teach other people anything that mattered. The important things they had to learn for themselves, almost always by making mistakes, so that the lessons arrived too late to help. Experience was in that sense useless. It was precisely what could not be passed along in a lesson Picture Quote #1

I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns Picture Quote #1

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Living’s heavy work, but off to one side, the way we are, it’s useless, too. It don’t make sense. If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, I’d do it in a minute. You can’t have living without dying. So you can’t call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road Picture Quote #1

My father’s nature turned out no waste product; he had none of that useless stuff in him that lies in heaps near factories. He took his own happiness with him Picture Quote #1

Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face Picture Quote #1

It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keeps us from rusting, and so becoming useless Picture Quote #1

If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless Picture Quote #1

The only way I can pay back for what fate and society have handed me is to try, in minor totally useless ways, to make an angry sound against injustice Picture Quote #1

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Not communicating saves energy; it keeps people from worrying about things they cannot do anything about; and it eliminates an enormous amount of useless talk Picture Quote #1

Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting Picture Quote #1

We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our knowledge must rest concealed and be as useless to the world as gold in the mine Picture Quote #1

The missionary is no longer a man, a conscience. He is a corpse, in the hands of a confraternity, without family, without love, without any of the sentiments that are dear to us. Emasculated, in a sense, by his vow of chastity, he offers us the distressing spectacle of a man deformed and impotent or engaged in a stupid and useless struggle with the sacred needs of the flesh, a struggle which, seven times out of ten, leads him to sodomy, the gallows, or prison Picture Quote #1

Christianity is either relevant all the time or useless anytime. It is not just a phase of life; it is life itself Picture Quote #1

Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part of wisdom is the best Picture Quote #1

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Facts, according to my ideas, are merely the elements of truths, and not the truths themselves; of all matters there are none so utterly useless by themselves as your mere matters of fact (Useless Quotes) They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is (Useless Quotes) I know what it’s like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it’s like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis (Useless Quotes) Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man’s onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which those of comparison and judgment would be useless, is itself a divine prerogative of the reason (Useless Quotes) I didn’t want to do just another set of recipes. I think that’s useless (Useless Quotes) A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative (Useless Quotes) The most important thing however is the money. What use would it be to us, to have a a mighty stadium but a useless team, because we couldn’t afford anything better? (Useless Quotes) Not only was it nearly impossible to hear because of these huge rubber ears we had to wear, but we also had these huge furry hands which were absolutely useless, especially if you had to scratch yourself (Useless Quotes) I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless (Useless Quotes) In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation to chemical affinity is, however, sufficiently evident. May it not be identical with it, and an essential property of matter? (Useless Quotes) My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don’t populate them with characters that readers can care about (Useless Quotes) Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly (Useless Quotes) There’s something that happens in that delivery room, when a woman becomes ten times more a woman, and a guy becomes six times less a man. You feel really dopey and useless and like a spectator. I did, anyway (Useless Quotes) If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it’s false and useless (Useless Quotes) A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind (Useless Quotes) I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress (Useless Quotes) You could never teach other people anything that mattered. The important things they had to learn for themselves, almost always by making mistakes, so that the lessons arrived too late to help. Experience was in that sense useless. It was precisely what could not be passed along in a lesson (Useless Quotes) I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns (Useless Quotes) Living’s heavy work, but off to one side, the way we are, it’s useless, too. It don’t make sense. If I knowed how to climb back on the wheel, I’d do it in a minute. You can’t have living without dying. So you can’t call it living, what we got. We just are, we just be, like rocks beside the road (Useless Quotes) My father’s nature turned out no waste product; he had none of that useless stuff in him that lies in heaps near factories. He took his own happiness with him (Useless Quotes) Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face (Useless Quotes) It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keeps us from rusting, and so becoming useless (Useless Quotes) If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless (Useless Quotes) The only way I can pay back for what fate and society have handed me is to try, in minor totally useless ways, to make an angry sound against injustice (Useless Quotes) Not communicating saves energy; it keeps people from worrying about things they cannot do anything about; and it eliminates an enormous amount of useless talk (Useless Quotes) Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting (Useless Quotes) We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our knowledge must rest concealed and be as useless to the world as gold in the mine (Useless Quotes) The missionary is no longer a man, a conscience. He is a corpse, in the hands of a confraternity, without family, without love, without any of the sentiments that are dear to us. Emasculated, in a sense, by his vow of chastity, he offers us the distressing spectacle of a man deformed and impotent or engaged in a stupid and useless struggle with the sacred needs of the flesh, a struggle which, seven times out of ten, leads him to sodomy, the gallows, or prison (Useless Quotes) Christianity is either relevant all the time or useless anytime. It is not just a phase of life; it is life itself (Useless Quotes) Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part of wisdom is the best (Useless Quotes)

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