#useful

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity. ↗

— Jose Marti

#attend #busy #difficult #dignity #futile

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. ↗

— Karl Marx

#people #production #results #things #too

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#always #expediency #most #principle #sacrificed

The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#most #thing #useful #user #utmost

I think the Internet is absolutely extraordinary. It's very, very useful and I think one of the things we've got to do is make sure that the African continent gets on to that information super highway. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#african #continent #extraordinary #gets #got

I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things. ↗

— Ian Mckellen

#being #calling #course #discourage #get

I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#control #could #drills #found #head

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#exercise #hard #notes #out #over

By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools' ability to recruit the right people. ↗

— Estelle Morris

#aims #clear #creating #department #descriptions

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#military #trophy #usefulness #value