#useless

All art is quite useless. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#quite #useless

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it. ↗

— Esther Williams

#gift #passage #share #time #unless

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. ↗

— Henry Miller

#best #beyond #defeat #friends #his

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#examination #great #imagined #immense #knowledge

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. ↗

— George Ade

#dear #friend #may #near #relative

Someday you will die, and until you know that, you're useless to me. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#useless #death

It should now be clear why the method of Philosophy is so different from that of the natural sciences. Experiments are not made, because they would be utterly useless. ↗

— Charles D. Broad

#clear #different #experiments #made #method

If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it's false and useless. ↗

— Crystal Eastman

#baby #false #feminist #first #goes

Guilt is a useless feeling. It's never enough to make you change direction- only enough to paralyze you and make you... well, useless. ↗

— Daniel Nayeri

#true #useless #change

You know, I don’t get why Fred and George only got three O.W.L.s each,” said Harry, watching as Fred, George, and Lee collected gold from the eager crowd. “They really know their stuff. . . .” “Oh, they only know flashy stuff that’s no real use to anyone,” said Hermione disparagingly. “No real use?” said Ron in a strained voice. “Hermione, they’ve got about twenty-six Galleons already. . . . ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#funny #george-weasley #useless-talents #funny