Useless Quotes
1164 quotes by 886 authors
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It is my belief that in our mad world where there is so much pain, rivalry, hatred, violence, inequality, and oppression, it is people who…
— Jean Vanier
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Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is…
— Chanakya
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Surrounded and absorbed, we tread like Etruscans on the edge of useless law; we pray to the giver of prayer, we give the cane whistle…
— Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
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The idea of the past is as useless as the idea of the future. Both could be invoked by anybody about anything. There is never…
— Richard Flanagan
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The greatest gift of life on the mountain is time. Time to think or not think, read or not read, scribble or not scribble --…
— Philip Connors
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I do think that art that doesn't communicate is useless.
— William Golding
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The day that you stop looking - because you're content God did it - I don't need you in the lab. You're useless on the…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind or chariots without steeds. Like branches without sap, we are…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Economics taught in most of the elite universities are practically useless in my context. My country [Afghanistan] is dominated by drug economy and a mafia;…
— Ashraf Ghani
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Big? Sure. But, he can't catch mice! So for your big tree. No use? Then plant it in the wasteland - in emptiness. Walk idly…
— Zhuangzi
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Fundamentals that you read about are typically useless as the market has already discounted the price, and I call them “funny-mentalsâ€. However, if you catch…
— Ed Seykota
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I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless.
— Paul Prudhomme
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To minds tormented by the divine thirst, it is useless to offer the most certain knowledge of the laws of numbers and the arrangement of…
— Etienne Gilson
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People are just the same. They like me if they need me, but once I'm useless, they abandon me. To survive, I need to be…
— Kim Do-Jin
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Excuses are useless. Results are priceless.
— Ziad K. Abdelnour
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Knowing the Truth is Fairly Useless. Feeling it is Profound. Living it Makes All the Difference.
— David Deida
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Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All…
— Ramana Maharshi
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He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes, and endeavour to…
— Samuel Johnson
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Not often, but every once in a while, God brings us to a major turning point--a great crossroads in our life. From that point we…
— Oswald Chambers
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A creative photographer is one who either captures mystery or reveals things, everything else is useless
— Raghu Rai
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