Quotes by Useless If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless. Antonin Scalia uselesspeoplelooks Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away. Archilochus safetyuselesslaw We must be able to identify all the parts in a system and allow them to speak. All the parts in a group, even those we do not like or believe to be useless, must be present and supported. Arnold Mindell groupsuselessbelieve Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting. Arthur Brisbane regretuselesspositive Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones. Arthur Conan Doyle uselesstimeknowledge 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, i tremble for i confess that something peversley pure calls to me from his memory Arthur Miller uselesshalfmemories Genius is its own reward; for the best that one is, one must necessarily be for oneself. . . . Further, genius consists in the working of the free intellect., and as a consequence the productions of genius serve no useful purpose. The work of genius may be music, philosophy, painting, or poetry; it is nothing for use or profit. To be useless and unprofitable is one of the characteristics of genius; it is their patent of nobility. Arthur Schopenhauer musicuselessphilosophy Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a part of oaks. And in so doing he has given us a lesson, not to deny the stout-heartedness within because we see the lightsomeness without. Augustus William Hare uselesslightwise It is as easy to give advice to yourself as to others, and as useless. Austin O'Malley uselessadvicegiving The modern king has become a vermiform appendix: useless when quiet; when obtrusive, in danger of removal. Austin O'Malley uselesskingsquiet Anger was a waste of time and energy. Anger was useless."Anger" was the label given to the emotion that accomplished nothing. Barry Lyga labelsuselessenergy Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune's greedily coveted favours, they are consequently for the most part, very prone to credulity. Baruch Spinoza uselessmenreligion On the one hand poetry is useless. It can't change the world materially. On the other hand it is a basic part of human existence. It came into the world when humans did. It's what makes human beings human. Bei Dao uselesshandsworld Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless. Ben Horowitz valuableplanninguseless It is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless. Benito Mussolini uselessgovernmentwould-be There's no such thing as useless knowledge. You never know what doors it's going to open up for you. Benjamin Carson useless-knowledgeuselessdoors In New England they once thought blackbirds useless, and mischievous to the corn. They made efforts to destroy them. The consequence was, the blackbirds were diminished; but a kind of worm, which devoured their grass, and which the blackbirds used to feed on, increased prodigiously; then, finding their loss in grass much greater than their saving in corn, they wished again for their blackbirds. Benjamin Franklin effortuselessloss There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. Bertrand Russell pleasureuselessknowledge It will be found, as men grow more tolerant in their instincts, Bertrand Russell instinctuselessmen The husk could be some useless bloke or losing myself and changing my DNA with bottomless grief. Beth Orton dnauselessgrief«1234567891011»
