Useless Quotes

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Facts, according to my ideas, are merely the elements of truths, and not the truths themselves; of all matters there are none so utterly useless… — Henry Mayhew
A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows — Linus Torvalds
To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he whose… — Samuel Johnson
To any situation the reaction may be different. That's why it's useless - in a way - to memorize patterns, because the possibilities in life… — Vladimir Vasiliev
I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is… — Mira Nair
Western governments ... will lose the war against dealers unless efforts are switched to prevention and therapy... All penalties for drug users should be dropped… — Raymond Kendall
Before Christ comes, it is useless to expect to see the perfect church. — J C Ryle
The deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 'Oh how useless and powerless I am.' It is essential to think strongly and… — Dalai Lama
Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. — Kakha Bendukidze
Don't instill, or allow anybody else to instill into the hearts of your girls the idea that marriage is the chief end of life. If… — William Booth
This summer I have discovered something totally useless. — Peter Higgs
What honor can there be without humility? What heights can be reached without being low? The pieces of a chariot are useless unless the work… — Laozi
You need your ego to survive in the three-dimensional world, but you need only that part of the ego which processes information. The rest -… — Brian Weiss
There it is. It is useless to ask ourselves why it is we who are here. We are here. There is only us between the… — Merritt A. Edson
The IRS spends God knows how much of your tax money on these toll-free information hot lines staffed by IRS employees, whose idea of a… — Dave Barry
I wished that I...had no savvy at all. No savvy to cause me heartache. No savvy to make me hope, and then leave me useless. — Ingrid Law
Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities. — Sakyong Mipham
I make it a practice to avoid hating anyone. If someone's been guilty of despicable actions, especially toward me, I try to forget him. I… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Unrequited loveâ€“plain desperate aboveboard boy-chasingâ€“turned you into a salesperson, and what you were selling was something he didn't want, couldn't use, would never miss. Unrequited… — Elizabeth McCracken
Living's heavy work, but off to one side, the way we are, it's useless, too. It don't make sense. If I knowed how to climb… — Natalie Babbitt

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