#useful

The Pulitzer is more useful than meaningful. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#more #pulitzer #than #useful

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#accent #because #cage #clash #class

Industrial hemp is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can look at it in terms of how it might be useful. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#attorney #attorney general #challenged #criminal #general

If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#depended #human #human lives #judged #lives

I wish we could do something useful with tobacco - like making fertilizer out of it. ↗

— Paul Dudley White

#fertilizer #i #i wish #like #making

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#commons #deal #does #great #great deal

Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#find #genre #help #insofar #labels

I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#encountered #exposed #found #gave #great

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be? ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#i #inside #me #service #something

Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you. ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#equivalent #getting #klan #might #moral