#worthwhile

Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didn't. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#everybody #gave #had #i #me

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect. ↗

— Edward Teller

#prospect #retrospect #right #simple #will

Naturally it is nice to be widely known for worthwhile achievements, but it forces you to do many things which you don't like to do and these things take up time you want for other things. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#forces #known #like #many #naturally

Time passed at an accelerated pace. They could be sitting in traffic or talking on the phone or waiting in line for a movie, and their time felt precious, important, worthwhile. ↗

— Galt Niederhoffer

#important #line #movie #pace #phone

I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines and all our troops back at home. This whole idea that we have to be in 130 countries and 900 bases... is an old-fashioned idea. ↗

— Ron Paul

#bases #believe #countries #defend #home

The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#make #many #mistake #more #people

Love doesn't make the word go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

#love #love is #make #makes #ride

I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#exciting #first #fun #i #i think

Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy? ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#concept #into #introduce #introduced #kant

It's easy to imagine ways the future can be ugly and depressing. It's harder, but more worthwhile, to imagine plausible ways we can make it better. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

#depressing #easy #future #harder #imagine