--- title: "10 Useless Words Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Useless Words quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Useless Words sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/wendy-higgins-2152_language_i-m-so-sorry-i-said-again-though-i-knew_3096105.jpg" --- > [“I’m so sorry,” I said again, though I knew they were the most useless words in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-higgins/i-m-so-sorry-i-said-again-though-i-knew-they-were-the-most-useless/) [Wendy Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-higgins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/wendy-higgins-2152_language_i-m-so-sorry-i-said-again-though-i-knew_3096105.jpg) > [“You can give and do all you want, but it’s useless if your words are constantly defeating your actions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-shuttlesworth/you-can-give-and-do-all-you-want-but-it-s-useless-if-your-words-are/) [Jonathan Shuttlesworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-shuttlesworth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/jonathan-shuttlesworth-29138_quote_you-can-give-and-do-all-you-want-but-it_1995478.jpg) > [“Better than a thousand sayings Made up of useless words Is one word of meaning Which calms you to hear it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/better-than-a-thousand-sayings-made-up-of-useless-words-is-one-word/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/anonymous-1_buddhist_better-than-a-thousand-sayings-made-up-o_2362297.jpg) > [“The two more useless words in the English language - Don't worry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/the-two-more-useless-words-in-the-english-language-don-t-worry/) [Mary Higgins Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-higgins-clark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/mary-higgins-clark-22184_english-language_the-two-more-useless-words-in-the-englis_1670155.jpg) > [“Yeah. Calm down. Two of the most useless words in the English language.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lili-st-crow/yeah-calm-down-two-of-the-most-useless-words-in-the-english-language/) [Lili St. Crow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lili-st-crow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/lili-st-crow-3152_english-language_yeah-calm-down-two-of-the-most-useless-w_1114512.jpg) > [“If’ and ‘only’ are the two most useless words in the human vocabulary,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-bliss/if-and-only-are-the-two-most-useless-words-in-the-human-vocabulary/) [Harper Bliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-bliss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/harper-bliss-34039_language_if-and-only-are-the-two-most-useless-wor_1366655.jpg) > [If our life is poured out in useless words, we will never hear anything, never become anything, and in the end, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/if-our-life-is-poured-out-in-useless-words-we-will-never-hear/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbd/thomas-merton-231_decision_if-our-life-is-poured-out-in-useless-wor_2970142.jpg) > [With you I'm useless with words. As if somehow I had to learn to speak all over again, as if the words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/with-you-i-m-useless-with-words-as-if-somehow-i-had-to-learn-to-speak/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/sandra-cisneros-862_language_with-you-i-m-useless-with-words-as-if-so_1244405.png) > [“He knew how useless words could be. How even when you wanted more than anything just to hear someone say they understood,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenna-yovanoff/he-knew-how-useless-words-could-be-how-even-when-you-wanted-more-than/) [Brenna Yovanoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenna-yovanoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/brenna-yovanoff-3157_spoke_he-knew-how-useless-words-could-be-how-e_653253.png) > [“...If only Dad hadn't cheated. If only Mom had found a way to be happier. If only Nina hadn't run away. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-bliss/if-only-dad-hadn-t-cheated-if-only-mom-had-found-a-way-to-be-happier/) [Harper Bliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-bliss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/harper-bliss-34039_ability-to-change_if-only-dad-hadn-t-cheated-if-only-mom-h_444479.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/useless-words/#itemlist", "name": "Useless Words Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’m so sorry,” I said again, though I knew they were the most useless words in the world.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wendy Higgins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-higgins/i-m-so-sorry-i-said-again-though-i-knew-they-were-the-most-useless/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/wendy-higgins-2152_language_i-m-so-sorry-i-said-again-though-i-knew_3096105.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/wendy-higgins-2152_language_i-m-so-sorry-i-said-again-though-i-knew_3096105.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/wendy-higgins-2152_language_i-m-so-sorry-i-said-again-though-i-knew_3096105.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I’m so sorry,” I said again, though I knew they were the most useless words in the world.” — Wendy Higgins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You can give and do all you want, but it’s useless if your words are constantly defeating your actions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Shuttlesworth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-shuttlesworth/you-can-give-and-do-all-you-want-but-it-s-useless-if-your-words-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/jonathan-shuttlesworth-29138_quote_you-can-give-and-do-all-you-want-but-it_1995478.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/jonathan-shuttlesworth-29138_quote_you-can-give-and-do-all-you-want-but-it_1995478.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/jonathan-shuttlesworth-29138_quote_you-can-give-and-do-all-you-want-but-it_1995478.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can give and do all you want, but it’s useless if your words are constantly defeating your actions.” — Jonathan Shuttlesworth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Better than a thousand sayings Made up of useless words Is one word of meaning Which calms you to hear it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/better-than-a-thousand-sayings-made-up-of-useless-words-is-one-word/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/anonymous-1_buddhist_better-than-a-thousand-sayings-made-up-o_2362297.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/anonymous-1_buddhist_better-than-a-thousand-sayings-made-up-o_2362297.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/anonymous-1_buddhist_better-than-a-thousand-sayings-made-up-o_2362297.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Better than a thousand sayings Made up of useless words Is one word of meaning Which calms you to hear it.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The two more useless words in the English language - Don't worry.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Higgins Clark" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-higgins-clark/the-two-more-useless-words-in-the-english-language-don-t-worry/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/mary-higgins-clark-22184_english-language_the-two-more-useless-words-in-the-englis_1670155.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/mary-higgins-clark-22184_english-language_the-two-more-useless-words-in-the-englis_1670155.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/mary-higgins-clark-22184_english-language_the-two-more-useless-words-in-the-englis_1670155.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The two more useless words in the English language - Don't worry.” — Mary Higgins Clark", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Yeah. 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