#worthless

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. ↗

— Hesiod

#best #blessed #call #calls #heed

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential. ↗

— William Goldman

#as far as #concerned #essential #essentially #far

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

— David Gower

#make #opposition #plans #plays #then

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#gladly #honor #nation #stake #worthless

The university awarded me my degree, but can something that’s basically worthless be properly called an award?
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— Jarod Kintz

#college #degree #fraud #funny #humor

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. ↗

— Neil Abercrombie

#because #ceded #collecting #good #land

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#derive #doing #favors #feeling #gives