People in science fiction flicks always seemed to know useful things about the places time travel took them. But what if the… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
True science is distinctively the study of useless things. For the useful things will get studied without the aid of scientific men.… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
The things you leave school knowing - some dates and long division - so much of it has been of no use… — Jane Asher Copy Share Image
I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. — Lee Child Copy Share Image
Useful men, who do useful things, don't mind being treated as useless. But the useless always judge themselves as being important and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Our time here on the earth is short, and our chance to make a difference is tiny. For me the grinding blocks… — Paul Rusesabagina Copy Share Image
Prayer is the practice of drawing on the grace of God. Don't say, "I will endure this until I can get away… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
That is, to me at least, one of the most helpful and useful things books do for us: They are generous enough… — John Green Copy Share Image
Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
The harsh, useful things of the world, from pulling teeth to digging potatoes, are best done by men who are as starkly… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
One might suppose that reality must be held to at all costs. However, though that may be the moral thing to do,… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
A self-made man, if he is made at all, has already won the battle of life. . . . he has learned… — Alvin R. Dyer Copy Share Image
You have to know accounting. It's the language of practical business life. It was a very useful thing to deliver to civilization.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
