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title: "516 Useful Quotes by 443 authors"
description: "Browse 516 Useful quotes by 443 authors. Discover the best Useful sayings and thoughts."
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> [The most useful is the greatest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/the-most-useful-is-the-greatest/)

[Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/)

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> [a poet never feels useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/a-poet-never-feels-useful/)

[May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/)

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> [Mistakes are more useful than regrets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/mistakes-are-more-useful-than-regrets/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Nothing is more useful than silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nothing-is-more-useful-than-silence/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Experience is useful in Test Cricket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravindra-jadeja/experience-is-useful-in-test-cricket/)

[Ravindra Jadeja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravindra-jadeja/)

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> [I like to be useful to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/i-like-to-be-useful-to-people/)

[Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/)

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> [Be strong to be useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-hebert/be-strong-to-be-useful/)

Georges Hebert

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> [Acting has been very useful to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-asher/acting-has-been-very-useful-to-me/)

[Jane Asher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-asher/)

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> [Your about as useful as a condom with holes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec/your-about-as-useful-as-a-condom-with-holes/)

[Alec](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec/)

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> [I'd never done anything useful as far as my writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/i-d-never-done-anything-useful-as-far-as-my-writing/)

[Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/)

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> [In becoming an icon, it is useful to die young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/in-becoming-an-icon-it-is-useful-to-die-young/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

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> [“To a farmer dirt is not a waste, it is wealth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/to-a-farmer-dirt-is-not-a-waste-it-is-wealth/)

[Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/)

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> [Anyone who does anything useful will not go unpaid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/anyone-who-does-anything-useful-will-not-go-unpaid/)

[Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/)

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> [Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mia-wasikowska/fame-is-useful-in-certain-ways-because-it-helps-you-get-more-roles/)

[Mia Wasikowska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mia-wasikowska/)

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> [Dropbox is useful to anyone with a phone. That's, like, two billion people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-houston/dropbox-is-useful-to-anyone-with-a-phone-that-s-like-two-billion/)

[Drew Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-houston/)

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> [I like being mistaken for someone useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-humphreys/i-like-being-mistaken-for-someone-useful/)

[Helen Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-humphreys/)

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> [ Ralph \[ Nader\] is an old friend of mine, and he does a useful job in displaying a position. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/ralph-nader-is-an-old-friend-of-mine-and-he-does-a-useful-job-in/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hillman/it-s-important-to-ask-yourself-how-am-i-useful-to-others-what-do/)

[James Hillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hillman/)

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> [You can make clothing as art, but I like the idea of my clothes actually being worn and being useful to women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-reese/you-can-make-clothing-as-art-but-i-like-the-idea-of-my-clothes/)

[Tracy Reese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-reese/)

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> [Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/don-t-try-to-be-useful-try-to-be-yourself-that-is-enough-that-makes/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [“For MILO BURROWS, hoping it will be useful from B.B.; on a gold pen and ink-bottle. Milo never answered letters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/for-milo-burrows-hoping-it-will-be-useful-from-b-b-on-a-gold-pen-and/)

[J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/)

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> [I didn't know that once you've proven yourself useful to the wrong people, you'll never be free again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hamilton/i-didn-t-know-that-once-you-ve-proven-yourself-useful-to-the-wrong/)

[Steve Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hamilton/)

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> [Specialized management courses are useful but should come well after the complexity of management and business are understood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-bennis/specialized-management-courses-are-useful-but-should-come-well-after/)

[Warren Bennis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-bennis/)

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> [President Trump should be considered to be a useful idiot and a fellow traveler, which makes him an unwitting agent of Putin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-vindman/president-trump-should-be-considered-to-be-a-useful-idiot-and-a/)

[Alexander Vindman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-vindman/)

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> [I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-ve-hidden-behind-my-hair-more-than-clothes-sometimes-having-long/)

[Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/)

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> [“Strong and weak isn't 'what' you do, it's 'why' you do it." He paused. She was about to say something. "Also what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/strong-and-weak-isn-t-what-you-do-it-s-why-you-do-it-he-paused-she/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

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> [My idea of art is, you write something that makes people feel so strongly that they get some conviction about who they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-karr/my-idea-of-art-is-you-write-something-that-makes-people-feel-so/)

[Mary Karr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-karr/)

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> [I have to read something positive every single day. I have to have faith that the day is unfolding in a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lea-thompson/i-have-to-read-something-positive-every-single-day-i-have-to-have/)

[Lea Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lea-thompson/)

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> [One of the things that has happened with technology is that it can only be helpful if it is useful, of course,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-ruiz/one-of-the-things-that-has-happened-with-technology-is-that-it-can/)

[Hector Ruiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-ruiz/)

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> [During my undergraduate training at UCLA, I was studying finance and securities; my particular interest was with mutual funds. Wanting to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-shapiro/during-my-undergraduate-training-at-ucla-i-was-studying-finance-and/)

[Robert Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-shapiro/)

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> [I loved my time in Congress, but people who spend all of their time planning to run for office have very few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sununu/i-loved-my-time-in-congress-but-people-who-spend-all-of-their-time/)

[John Sununu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sununu/)

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> [ “\[T\]ime is more purely hers if she squanders it and keeps it empty, holds it, feels it pass by, and resists filling… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-kushner/t-ime-is-more-purely-hers-if-she-squanders-it-and-keeps-it-empty/)

[Rachel Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-kushner/)

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> [The people who write official histories for the Army believe that a generation needs to pass before you can tackle the official…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-atkinson/the-people-who-write-official-histories-for-the-army-believe-that-a/)

[Rick Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-atkinson/)

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> [There can be many reasons to travel, but wandering into the world for no particular reason is a sublime madness, which in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/there-can-be-many-reasons-to-travel-but-wandering-into-the-world-for/)

[Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/)

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> [Capitalism requires individual responsibility and accountability. People are seen as atomized units in a capitalist system - they are either useful, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/capitalism-requires-individual-responsibility-and-accountability/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

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> [“It's disgusting," Letty said. "Can you believe - I mean, a Babel graduate, and they just act like he was never here?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-f-kuang/it-s-disgusting-letty-said-can-you-believe-i-mean-a-babel-graduate/)

[R.F. Kuang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-f-kuang/)

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> [The drive to be useful is encoded in our genes. But when we gather in very large numbers, as in the modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-thomas/the-drive-to-be-useful-is-encoded-in-our-genes-but-when-we-gather-in/)

[Lewis Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-thomas/)

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> [I think the most useful thing you can do as a writer is to reconstruct real life with all its color, hardship,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-mahoney/i-think-the-most-useful-thing-you-can-do-as-a-writer-is-to/)

[Rosemary Mahoney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-mahoney/)

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> [Because I'm a younger laureate, it seemed important to me to do something - not to just accept the honor of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-trethewey/because-i-m-a-younger-laureate-it-seemed-important-to-me-to-do/)

[Natasha Trethewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-trethewey/)

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> [Being able to influence the outcome, being able to do something about it, to be able to stop the bleeding. You're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-wood/being-able-to-influence-the-outcome-being-able-to-do-something-about/)

[Fiona Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-wood/)

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