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“Commercialism is doing well that which should not be done at all.”

“The trick, though, is to not lose compassion, to not allow the sense of absurdity to outweigh the awareness of real beings, with real feelings. Mean-spirited humor turns the world into cardboard, the way Midas's simple-minded greed turned food into inedible and useless stuff.”

World Way Mean Real Feelings Turns Stuff Loses Simple Compassion Awareness Greed Tricks Useless Absurdity Spirited Mean Spirited Real Feelings Midas Useless Stuff

Author:Jane Hirshfield

“Actors tend to get better with age. You start cutting away the useless stuff and achieving a point of effortlessness and simplicity, which is all you want to do, with any art at all.”

Want Art Age Actors Stuff Cutting Achieve Simplicity Useless Get Better Useless Stuff

Author:James Purefoy

“In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.”

Source: Confessions of an advertising man

“Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.”

War Faces Courage Military Army Educated Useless Bullets Useless Stuff

Author:George S. Patton

“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”

“To be sure, if you watch CNBC all day long you'll pick up some interesting news about particular companies and the economy as a whole. Unfortunately, to get to the useful information, you have to wade through reams of useless stuff, with little guidance on how to distinguish between the two.”

Ifs Littles Long Two Whole Stuff Interesting Company Watches Economy Information Particular News Picks Useless Guidance Wade Some Interesting Useful Information Useless Stuff

Author:James Surowiecki

“It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.”

Knows Courses Knowledge Philosophical Intelligence Useless Uselessness Useless Things Useless Stuff

Author:Tom Stoppard

“My father's nature turned out no waste product; he had none of that useless stuff in him that lies in heaps near factories. He took his own happiness with him.”

Lying Father Stuff Attitude Products Waste Useless Factories Useless Stuff

Book:The Autobiography of Margot Asquith: Vol. two

Source: The Autobiography of Margot Asquith: Vol. two

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.”

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”

“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”

Mean Inspiration Opportunity Technology Positive Failure Useless Funny Inspirational Inventor Project Management Mean Girls Computer Technology Useless Things Inventing Things Useless Stuff

Author:Thomas A. Edison