Useless Quotes

1164 Useless quotes by 853 unique authors

talk was cheap and useless. Action was what mattered. And me, I was moving. Now, again, always. — Sarah Dessen
She loved the sea for its storms alone, cared for vegetation only when it grew here and there among ruins. She had to extract a… — Gustave Flaubert
When he says weâ€™re forgiven, letâ€™s unload the guilt. When he says weâ€™re valuable, letâ€™s believe him. . . . When he says weâ€™re provided… — Max Lucado
According to Chekhov," Tamaru said, rising from his chair, "once a gun appears in a story, it has to be fired." "Meaning what?" "Meaning, don't… — Haruki Murakami
The more mental effort he made the clearer he saw that it was undoubtedly so: that he had really forgotten and overlooked one little circumstance… — Leo Tolstoy
There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless. — Simone de Beauvoir
Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate… — Robertson Davies
That's a stupid question,' said Malachi. 'Because he didn't warn him. He didn't warn anyone.' 'No, it's a philosophical question,' Kearns corrected him. 'Which makes… — Rick Yancey
All of the life-changing awesome words and pictures and ideas inside your library are useless without just one word outside your library: Open. — Mo Willems
Anger is the most useless emotion," Henchick intoned, "destructive to the mind and hurtful to the heart. — Stephen King
I suddenly had an idea of how adults can hold on to a feeling for very long periods of time, long after the event is… — Reif Larsen
All the stories I have told you are finally as useless as all ancient knowledge is to man and to us. Its images and its… — Anne Rice
I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new — Jules Verne
most of the time we settle for half and i like it better, even as i know how wrong he was and his death useless,… — Arthur Miller
Because like all whores you value propriety. You are creature of capitalism, the ethics of which are so totally corrupt and hypocritical that your beauty… — E L Doctorow
Nothing makes an android feel more useless than when a human is crying. — Marissa Meyer
Someday you will die, and until you know that, you're useless to me. — Chuck Palahniuk
I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make… — John Newton
It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe,… — Stephen Fry
But the helmet had gold decoration, and the bespoke armorers had made a new gleaming breastplate with useless gold ornamentation on it. Sam Vimes felt… — Terry Pratchett

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