Quotes by Useless Even the wisest counsel is useless when it is unheeded. Francine Mathews wisestuseless Art must be unaesthetic in the extreme, useless and impossible to justify. Francis Picabia uselessimpossibleart Only useless things are indispensable. Francis Picabia useless-thingsindispensableuseless For now. But if I ever decide you're useless, you are a dead man." To be killed by you is to be desired more than a life excluded from your service." Bravo." Her Imperial Viciousness laughed with genuine feeling. "Bra-vo! Frank Beddor uselessfeelingsmen Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls. Francois Rabelais armsuselesshouse If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere. Francois de La Rochefoucauld finding-peaceuselesslooks Experts and specialists lead you quickly into chaos. They are a source of useless nit-picking, the ferocious quibble over a comma. Frank Herbert chaosuselessexperts People don't vote. Instinct tells them it's useless. Frank Herbert voteuselesspeople Aristotle... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless. Francis Bacon renderinglogicuseless Terror consists mostly of useless cruelties perpetrated by frightened people in order to reassure themselves. Friedrich Engels uselessorderpeople Since I am used to speaking in public, I know that it is useless. Franklin D. Roosevelt useduselessknows Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life. Francois de La Rochefoucauld dictionarygratitudeuseless I, Galileo, son of the late Vicenzo Galilei, swear that I never said that the prime numbers are useless. What I said was that you cannot count lunar craters by counting 2, 3, 5, 7. Galileo Galilei uselessnumbersson Without forgiveness, metaphysics are useless. Gary Renard metaphysicsuseless If the chi is being wasted by useless activities, emotions and associations that drain us, then we don't have enough power when it comes time to perform. Frederick Lenz buddhismhealthuseless There is no explaining anything by reasoning and so it is useless to reason. Fyodor Dostoevsky uselessexplainingreason I know. So, I was angry with you. I didn't know why. I was angry with the world. I did know why. I hated all my therapists for being useless. I was this little ball of self-destructive fury, and none of them could do anything but tell me that I was a little ball of self-destructive fury. [...] I knew I was angry. Tell me what to do with that anger, please. Gayle Forman ballsuselessself It is useless to send armies against ideas. Georg Brandes armyuselessideas There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of mortification, that is useless and vain. Gautama Buddha pleasureuselesstwo The history of science should not be an instrument to defend any kind of social or philosophic theory; it should be used only for its own purpose, to illustrate impartially the working of reason against unreason, the gradual unfolding of truth, in all its forms, whether pleasant or unpleasant, useful of useless, welcome or unwelcome. George Sarton welcomeuselesspurpose«345678910111213»
