A man's ignorance sometimes is not only useful, but beautiful-while his knowledge, so called, is oftentimes worse than useless, besides being ugly. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Surrounded and absorbed, we tread like Etruscans on the edge of useless law; we pray to the giver of prayer, we give… — Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Copy Share Image
Protestations of impartiality I shall make none. Theyare always useless and are besides perfect nonsense, when used bya news-monger. — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
Cut off from his religious, metaphysical and transcendental roots, man is lost; all his actions become senseless, absurd, useless. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
I was a very good dribbler as a young player, but now that I've got more experience, there are some useless things… — Sadio Mane Copy Share Image
Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid,… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
If everything is perfect, language is useless. This is true for animals. If animals don't speak, it's because everything's perfect for them.… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
Freedom without organization of work would be useless. The child left free without means of work would go to waste, just as… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
But tell me: how did gold get to be the highest value? Because it is uncommon and useless and gleaming and gentle… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture… — Arthur Conan Doyle 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
When we did eventually get to the party - me walking next to Dad's Volvo driving at five miles an hour -… — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine why a woman would ever call herself anything but a feminist. But a man calling himself a feminist, what… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
We are searching for the same thing,” Stripey said. “How do you know?” Janco asked. “I read his mind.” The Sitian pointed… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and… — Peter Stone Copy Share Image
So here hath been dawning Another blue day; Think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away? Out of eternity This new day… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Much as constitutional guarantees of press freedom do little good for prospective publishers if they do not have access to paper or… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
For a few brief days the orchards are white with blossoms. They soon turn to fruit, or else float away, useless and… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow.… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
The time has come to educate people, to cease all quarrels in the name of religion, culture, countries, different political or economic… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“they wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Absolute truisms rot brains absolutely.[...]'Power corrupts' is useless as a tool for understanding the past, and gives us nothing as a guide… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
Stop. Breathe those useless breaths. Drop this piece of life you’re holding to your lips. Where are you? How long have you… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
“I knew myself to be in need of not one solution of any caliber, but of an endless string of short-term remedies.… — Daniel Kine Copy Share Image
There it is. It is useless to ask ourselves why it is we who are here. We are here. There is only… — Merritt A. Edson Copy Share Image
When you can’t do something truly useful, you tend to vent the pent up energy in something useless but available, like snappy… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
Like this gas tank, you are overflowing with preconceptions, full of useless knowledge. You hold many facts and opinions, yet know little… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Business schools make a fortune forcing their students to take in a HUGE amount of information. The majority of it is theoretical.… — Josh Kaufman Copy Share Image
One day we will all be ashes on the ground..The wind will just blow us everywhere till it disappears. And some will… — Jazzy Copy Share Image
I know of no crime that has not been defended by the church, in one form or other. The church is not… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Courage is like the diamond,--very brilliant; not changed by fire, capable of high polish, but except for the purpose of cutting hard… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Memory is so crazy! It's like we've got these drawers crammed with tons of useless stuff. Meanwhile, all the really important things… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I used to hate the fact that I did so much study cause I felt it was useless. I'm into this creative… — Chloe Ting Copy Share Image
I believe that we not only feed the public demand for useless and harmful drugs, but also go far to create that… — Richard Clarke Cabot Copy Share Image
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