#worthless

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

— Milton Friedman

#combination #cover #good #government #ink

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#especially #eyes #face #gradually #mark

Soon madness has worn you down. It’s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your mind. You no longer know where it ends and you begin. You believe anything it says. You do what it tells you, no matter how extreme or absurd. If it says you’re worthless, you agree. You plead for it to stop. You promise to behave. You are on your knees before it, and it laughs. ↗

— Marya Hornbacher

#eating-disorder #madness #surrender #voice #worthless

You are not worthless. Even if you've been called that your entire life. ↗

— Kevin Walker

#worth #worthless #life

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. ↗

— Lester Bangs

#another #buy #his #i #keeping

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. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#balanced #dad #good #grounding #i

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

— Edward Dahlberg

#either #his #life #realizes #suicide

Heritage Action is a self-interested fundraising organization led by a former Giuliani staffer who is not taking counsel from real conservatives... It is a worthless organization to the conservative movement. I'll be the first to say that. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#be the first #conservative #conservative movement #conservatives #counsel

When I am not desperate, I am worthless. ↗

— Ivo Andric

#desperate #i #i am #worthless

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#may #mistaken #pebbles #rough #sometimes