All Quotes By Tag: Useful
“It was strange to Old Robert that he, who knew so much more than his neighbors, who had pondered so endlessly, should be not even a good farmer. Sometimes he imagined he understood too many things ever to do anything well.”
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“If you want to be useful, don’t waste time on that which is useless.”
“Being divorced does not necessarily make one’s advice on marriage useless … or useful.”
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“If the farmer is rich, then so is the nation.”
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“To a farmer dirt is not a waste, it is wealth.”
“I’d rather strive for the kind of interview where instead of me asking to introduce myself to society, society asks me to introduce myself to society.”
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“The only ‘unseemly’ thing is to not channel your intelligence usefully.”
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“Just as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn.”
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“One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful light.”