Worthless Quotes

559 Worthless quotes by 446 unique authors

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. — Friedrich Schiller
Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes. — Arthur Schopenhauer
If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains… — Alexander Smith
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. — Simone Weil
The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of… — Carter G. Woodson
Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind the flattery. There… — Robert A. Heinlein
If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in… — Yann Martel
You see, gentlemen, reason is an excellent thing, there’s no disputing that, but reason is nothing but reason and satisfies only the rational side of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve… — Thomas Merton
And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It is all worthless, fleeting, illusory, and deceptive, like a mirage.… — Anton Chekhov
What is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us… — Carl Sagan
Useless pursuits and conversations always about the same things absorb the better part of one's time, the better part of one's strength, and in the… — Anton Chekhov
There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers. — Victor Hugo
No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you… — Orson Scott Card
There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless. — Isaac Asimov
Life's a forge - Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But… — Lloyd Alexander
Arab children, Corn ears of the future, You will break our chains, Kill the opium in our heads, Kill the illusions. Arab children, Don't read… — Nizar Qabbani
I don't want to see anyone. I lie in the bedroom with the curtains drawn and nothingness washing over me like a sluggish wave. Whatever… — Margaret Atwood
But what the working-class can do, when once they grow into a solidified organization, is to show the possessing class, through a sudden cessation of… — Voltairine de Cleyre
If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle — John Adams
And they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains — Greg Mortenson
...Haller's sickness of the soul, as I now know, is not the eccentricity of a single individual, but the sickness of the times themselves, the… — Hermann Hesse
In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless. — Sigmund Freud
Man…who lives in three places – in the past, in the present, and in the future – can be unhappy if one of these three… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I used to think I preferred getting old to the alternative, but now I'm not sure. Sometimes the momotony of bingo and sing-alongs and ancient… — Sara Gruen

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