Worthless

Famous quotes containing the word worthless:

“Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 12:11.

“Gude grant that thou may aye inherit
Thy mither’s person, grace, an’ merit,
An’ thy poor worthless daddy’s spirit,
Without his failins;
‘Twill please me mair to see and hear o’t,
Than stockit mailins.”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)

“I wrung from the darkness—that the darkness flung me—
Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing,
The darkness from the darkness. Pain comes from the darkness
And we call it wisdom. It is pain.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)