But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called 'real world' of busy-ness and moneymaking, so we… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Even if their child is useless, parents will not find them shameful. But if you're an outstanding child, you don't have the… — Seo Won Copy Share Image
Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable that nobody has ever ventured to describe… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
As for my memory, I have a particularly good one. I never keep any record of my investigations or experiments. My memory… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
Daleks: [simultaneously] Exterminate! Exterminate! [They fire their weapons, none of which so much as touch the Doctor] The Doctor: Is that it?… — Russell T Davies Copy Share Image
Knowing that one dies... has brought with it a peace that before was elusive to say the least... it is useless, if… — Ruth Cracknell Copy Share Image
... freedom translates into having a supply of clean water, having electricity on tap; being able to live in a decent home… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The more we understand what is happening in the world, the more frustrated we often become, for our knowledge leads to feelings… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
“And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Little minds mistake little objects for great ones, and lavish away upon the former that time and attention which only the latterdeserve.… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I worked in Bhs, but I was only there for a couple of weeks before I got fired because I needed the… — Joanna Page Copy Share Image
So I'll write it, and then I'll find out that I actually wrote something that is utterly useless. You can't use it… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development more than… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
All good government must begin at home. It is useless to make good laws for bad people; what is wanted is this,… — Hugh Reginald Haweis Copy Share Image
Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These,… — Democritus Copy Share Image
Shall this nectar Run useless, then, to waste? or ... these lips, That open like the morn, breathing perfumes, On such as… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
If you look over a list of medicinal recipes in vogue in the last century, how foolish and useless they are seen… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I find that it is useless to worry about things I can't control and I can't control how many people come out… — Corey Smith Copy Share Image
Thee are such horrible weapons. And so no sane leader would ever want to cross that line to using nuclear weapons. And,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Gigantic sums are now required to maintain prisons and insane asylums and protect the public against gangsters and lunatics. Why do we… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Now let us play hide and seek. Should you hide in my heart it would not be difficult to find you. But… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Terror made me cruel; and finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
I wasn't always a minimalist. I used to buy a lot of things, believing that all those possessions would increase my self-worth… — Fumio Sasaki Copy Share Image
I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
“Remember, without a goal, your stamina is useless no matter how you get trained. You may defend your integrity and attack your… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
To say that creative writing courses are all useless is almost as silly as saying all editors are useless. Writers of all… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
You’re a solid person, Sage. You’re easy on the eyes, if a little skinny, and your ability to memorize useless information is… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Now that I have written many words, and let out so many loves, for so many, and been altogether what I always… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Stunned and still not suffering. Swollen with care and anxiety and still not suffering. Useless, old and full of grief, but still… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Society may shun bohemia, may put it down, may consider it useless and ineffective, but it is where everything cooks and boils… — Donovan Copy Share Image