It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keeps us from rusting, and… — Charles Simmons Copy Share Image
It is very scary to think mechanically about someone you know. That means that the second time you meet a person is… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare? — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
By what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
I didn't have any aspirations of becoming famous or successful; in fact I was scared to death of all that. I remember… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I can't imagine ever writing anything of any kind on a machine. I never tried to write either poetry or prose on… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
She emptied herself of Fabio and of herself, of all the useless efforts she had made to get where she was and… — Paolo Giordano Copy Share Image
I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I don't know who the great lawyers are, and I presume you can't get to them. I know of no case where… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Memmius would only be useless to him for a short time, but that he would remain useless to himself and the Republic… — Scipio Africanus Copy Share Image
Intelligence is almost useless to the person whose only quality it is. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
The man was useless as tits on a bull, but he didn't deserve to die like that. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon love of Ireland. Hatred is a negative passion; it is… — Douglas Hyde Copy Share Image
Read as little as possible of literary criticism - such things are either partisan opinions, which have become petrified and meaningless, hardened… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
According to the International Institute for Environment and Development, the annual amount spent globally on advertising aimed at increasing consumption topped $430… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Politics without principles, Education without character, Science without humanity, and Commerce without morality are not only useless, but also positively dangerous. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For all that was happening to him, his voice was strong and inviting, and his mind was vibrating with a million thoughts.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
You have to realize there is nothing more you can do to convince someone you love to turn their life around. You… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
The more that I know of politics, the more it makes me realize that being a politician is largely useless. — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
