Worthless Quotes

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning instead of going to a bunch of worthless parties at a convention that's only being held to do something we all know is going to happen anyway.

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.

In comparison with a loving human being, everything else is worthless.

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all of a sudden "worthless" land now has an airport on it.

Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.

It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

We have, essentially, a worthless democracy.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying.

There is no doubt that Iraqis, like Australians and Americans, love and desire freedom. However, if freedom doesn't mean the right to complete self-determination, unfettered by interests other than one's own, then that freedom is less than worthless - it's oppression.

My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.

When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.

The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.

I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.

The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency. Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money.