Unhelpful Quotes

14 quotes by 13 authors

Pick up any newspaper or magazine, open the TV, and you'll be bombarded with suggestions of how to have a successful life. Some of these… — Alain de Botton
Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to… — John Maynard Keynes
At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what… — Hans Kung
The practice of imagination, on an everyday basis, involves clearing unhelpful images that block or misdirect our energies, and choosing to focus on positive, mobilizing… — Robert Moss
Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional blank is just… — Julian Baggini
The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in… — Ulrich Beck
The artistic temperament is particularly unhelpful if it is just that, with no end product. — Nick Hornby
The search for a "suitable" church makes the man a critic where God wants him to be a pupil. What he wants from the layman… — C.S. Lewis
Why throw money at problems? That is what money is for. Should the nation's wealth be redistributed? It has been and continues to be redistributed… — Kurt Vonnegut
Putting myself into categories is fun, and I think it also gives me insight into my own nature. When I see myself more clearly, I… — Gretchen Rubin
Excessively narrow reading is unhelpful, certainly. Reading only Serious Literature is no better than reading only trash in this respect. — Diane Setterfield
With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on the evidence I… — Sean Brady
How do you express to one so eagerly ignorant that their glaring inherent ability to do evil is right then piercing through the veil of… — Molly Johnson
I have stood by, confounded and speechless, while others have projected their stories over my narrative, each an excuse to appear helpful while remaining utterly… — Molly Johnson

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