Worthless Quotes

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

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.

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

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.

You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless.

You can not be afraid when you get to this level to teach. I don't care what level you're at, if you don't teach, you're worthless.

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.

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened.

I am more fond of achieving than striving. My theories must prove to be facts or be discarded as worthless. My efforts must soon be crowned with success, or discontinued.

When my father bid $5,000 for the 1962 Championship Game, that was a huge amount. It was double the bid the year before. Pete Rozelle was flabbergasted. Who was this guy who was willing to spend so much money on what seemed like relatively worthless rights to the NFL Championship Game?

That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place.

The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.

You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.

There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless.

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

Awareness without action is worthless.

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

When I am not desperate, I am worthless.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.