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  • There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

  • 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 doubt swirling in that big brain of yours, then I will not mention the super-laser episode again. Agreed?" This jacket is really cutting into my shoulders, thought Artemis. And it's so heavy that I could not outrun a slug. But he said, "Agreed.

    Cutting   Voice   Brain  
  • Retirement revives the sorrow of parting, the feeling of abandonment, solitude and uselessness that is caused by the loss of some beloved person.

    Simone de Beauvoir (1972). “La vieillesse”
  • I think some of that hopelessness of my generation got passed on to later generations - the sense of uselessness.

  • A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.

    J.C. Ryle (2015). “Holiness: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots”, p.106, Letcetera Publishing
  • Both the young and the old are almost completely useless in our modern society, and are made keenly aware of that uselessness. They have no place. They are private, isolated - and hopeless.

    Life   Useless   Hopeless  
    Carl Rogers (1995). “A Way of Being”, p.217, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • 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 time.

    Strong   Soul   Disease  
  • Uselessness is a fatal accusation to bring against any act which is done for its presumed utility, but those which are done for their own sake are their own justification.

    Experience   Done   Sake  
    George Santayana (2012). “The Sense of Beauty”, p.18, Courier Corporation
  • To exhibit the perfect uselessness of knowing the answer to the wrong question.

    Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.55, Penguin
  • What's the Matter with the Mill?

    Song: What's the Matter with the Mill?
  • The criminal misuse of time was pointing out the mistakes. Catching them―noticing them―that was essential. If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely replacing ignorance with false belief, which was no improvement. The part of the man's statement that was true, however, was about the uselessness of speaking up. If I know that the teacher is wrong, and say nothing, then I remain the only one who knows, and that gives me an advantage over those who believe the teacher.

    Orson Scott Card (2002). “Ender's Shadow”, p.79, Macmillan
  • Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.

  • The truly scientific mind is altogether unafraid of the new, and while having no mercy for ideas which have served their turn or shown their uselessness, it will not grudge to any unfamiliar conception its moment of full and friendly attention, hoping to expand rather than to minimize what small core of usefulness it may happen to contain.

    Truth   Science   Ideas  
  • It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.

    Doors   Heaven   Useless  
  • It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

  • If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.

    Crush   Meaningful   Work  
  • All art is quite useless.

    Funny   Sarcastic   Art  
    Oscar Wilde “The Picture of Dorian Gray - and more”, Eighty Pence Books
  • 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 inertia at exactly the moment when a special effort is needed.

    Pain   Effort   Special  
    George Orwell (1983). “1984”, p.229, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

    George Ade (1903). “People You Know”
  • It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.

    Ideas   History   Useless  
  • A useless life is an early death.

    "Iphigenia in Tauris". Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Act 1, Scene 2, 1786.
  • Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

    Men   Desire   Useless  
  • If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness

  • If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, both are useless.

    Teamwork   Time   Jobs  
  • The millions of laws which exist for the regulation of humanity appear upon investigation to be divided into three principal categories: protection of property, protection of persons, protection of government. And by analyzing each of these three categories, we arrive at the same logical and necessary conclusion: the uselessness and hurtfulness of law.

    "Law and Authority". "Kropotkin's Revolutionary Pamphlets". Book edited by Roger N. Baldwin, dwardmac.pitzer.edu. 1927.
  • The key to overcoming aloneness and a feeling of uselessness for one who is physically able is to step outside yourself by helping others who are truly needy. We promise those who will render this kind of service that, in some measure, you will be healed of the loss of loved ones or the dread of being alone. The way to feel better about your own situation is to improve someone else's circumstances.

    Love   Loss   Feel Better  
  • The honest ratepayer and his healthy family have no doubt often mocked at the dome-like forehead of the philosopher, and laughed over the strange perspective of the landscape that lies beneath him. If they really knew who he was, they would tremble. For Chuang Tsǔ spent his life in preaching the great creed of Inaction, and in pointing out the uselessness of all things.

    Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.222, University of Chicago Press
  • Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.

    His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (2011). “How to Be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World”, p.17, Simon and Schuster
  • Ability without honor is useless.

    Army   Honor   Useless  
  • 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 Uselessness.

    George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.5807, e-artnow
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