Useless Quotes

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To use is necessary. And if you can't be used, then you're useless. — Kanye West
I cannot abide useless people. — Joss Whedon
Amidst all the attention given to the sciences as to how they can lead to the cure of all diseases and daily problems of mankind,… — John Maeda
Hindsight, I think, is a useless tool. We, each of us, are at a place in our lives because of innumerable circumstances, and we, each… — R A Salvatore
Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. Johnny had a hankering after immortality which made him a useless dreamer. And… — Betty Smith
The man was useless as tits on a bull, but he didn't deserve to die like that. — Nora Roberts
Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation to reality and… — Michel Houellebecq
Statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great… — Neal Shusterman
A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong. — Raymond Chandler
It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with… — H.G. Wells
Every industrious man, in every lawful calling, is a useful man. And one principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
How could people, I wondered for the ten thousandth useless time, how could people who had loved so dearly come to such a wilderness; and… — Dick Francis
She asks why I like her. Might as well ask Why I breathe. Maybe tomorrow I won't Breathe or like her Anymore. Maybe tomorrow the… — Gail Carson Levine
The American mirror, said the voice, the sad American mirror of wealth and poverty and constant useless metamorphosis, the mirror that sails and whose sails… — Roberto Bolano
The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing… — Leonardo da Vinci
Nature, keeping only useless secrets, had placed within reach and in sight of human beings the things it was necessary for them to know. — Michel Foucault
The trouble with us today, there are too many of us who put question marks instead of periods after what the Lord says. I want… — Harold B. Lee
The things other people have put into my head, at any rate, do not fit together nicely, are often useless and ugly, are out of… — Kurt Vonnegut
The question the doubter does not ask is whether faith was really useless or simply not used. What would you think of a boy who… — Os Guinness
Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows.… — Amy Tan

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