Useful Quotes

He gains everyone’s approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

– Horace

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

– Henri Frederic Amiel

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.

– Guy Debord

Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy.

– John Ralston Saul

The Pulitzer is more useful than meaningful.

– Annie Dillard

I aspire to be useful.

– Anthony Foxx

I am a maker of useful things.

– Eva Zeisel

I have no useful theories about love and marriage.

– Michael Cunningham

I find humming is very useful.

– Elvis Costello

Any program is only as good as it is useful.

– Linus Torvalds

You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.

– Rowan Atkinson

Every hour of useful work is precious.

– William Lyon Mackenzie King

A lemon, boiled whole and blitzed, makes a useful base for all sorts of dressings.

– Yotam Ottolenghi