Uselessness Quotes

43 quotes by 40 authors

The uselessness of men above sixty years of age and the incalculable benefit it would be in commercial, in political, and in professional life, if… — William Osler
A useless life is an early death. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness. — Marshall McLuhan
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. — John Ruskin
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. — Bertrand Russell
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is… — George Bernard Shaw
No man is useless while he has a friend. — Robert Louis Stevenson
All art is quite useless. — Oscar Wilde
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live. — Lin Yutang
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. — Oscar Wilde
Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a… — Dalai Lama
What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering. — Bernard Malamud
He thought with a kind of astonishment of the biological uselessness of pain and fear, the treachery of the human body which always freezes into… — George Orwell
I had never wanted to be one of those girls in love with boys who would not have me. Unrequited love - plain desperate aboveboard… — Elizabeth McCracken
I took to writing at an early age to escape from meaninglessness, uselessness, unimportance, insignificance, poverty, enslavement, ill health, despair, madness, and all manner of… — William Saroyan
To exhibit the perfect uselessness of knowing the answer to the wrong question. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Being tired of all illusions and of everything about illusions â€“ the loss of illusions, the uselessness of having them, the prefatigue of having to… — Fernando Pessoa
Poverty is a relatively mild disease for even a very flimsy American soul, but uselessness will kill strong and weak souls alike, and kill every… — Kurt Vonnegut
So, let's make a deal: If you do not voice all the withering comments about the weight or uselessness of this jacket that are no… — Eoin Colfer
The criminal misuse of time was pointing out the mistakes. Catching themâ€•noticing themâ€•that was essential. If you did not in your own mind distinguish between… — Orson Scott Card

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