Worthless Quotes - Page 9

• En un gobierno libre, casi todos los demás derechos carecerían de valor si el gobierno tuviera poder sobre la fortuna privada de cada ciudadano.

  John Marshall

  Rights, Government, Citizens

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• For those of you who may be unaware, [Michael] Boskin is the economist/weasel/fraud who helped to officially distort the CPI, making it more or less worthless as a measure of inflation. The Boskin Commission... was an act of cowardice. Rather than man up and say fix this, its broken, we can't afford it.

  Barry Ritholtz

  Men, Broken, May

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• Advice is given freely because so much of it is worthless.

  James Geary

  Advice, Given

  "Aphorisms". James Geary's Personal Website, jamesgeary.com.

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• If you let other people's vision get between the world and your own, you will achieve that extremely common and worthless thing, a pictorial photograph.

  Paul Strand

  People, Vision, World

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• Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage.

  Aristotle

  Damage, Affair, Persons

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• Con demasiada frecuencia, lo peor que les puede pasar a los jóvenes es despolitizarlos. Cuando eso ocurre, no sólo se les dice a los jóvenes que no cuentan -su agencia no vale nada, sus experiencias no valen nada y su voz debe permanecer en silencio-, sino que también se les dice que no hay alternativa al actual estado de cosas.

  Henry Giroux

  Voice, Agency, People

  "Higher Education Under Attack: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux". Interview with C Cryn Johannsen, truthout.org. April 22, 2011.

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• The Bay-man has made the worst and most worthless Transformers movie yet. I know, hard to believe, right? How could any summer blockbuster be as dull, dumb and soul-sucking as the first three Transformers movies? Step right up.

  Peter Travers

  Summer, Believe, Men

  "Transformers: Age of Extinction". Article by Peter Travers, www.rollingstone.com. June 26, 2014.

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• I would love for Hillary's [Clinton] massive ad campaign to be pointless and worthless. I would love for it to bomb out.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Campaigns, Bombs, Clinton

  Fuente: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Hay toreros que lo hacen sólo por dinero, no valen nada [dijo Hemingway]. El único que vale es el torero que lo siente, de modo que si lo hiciera por nada, lo haría igual de bien. Lo mismo vale para casi todo el mundo.

  A. E. Hotchner

  Matter, Said, Payment

  A. E. Hotchner (2009). “Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir”, p.141, Da Capo Press

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• But,instead of what our imagination makes us suppose and which we worthless try to discover,life gives us something that we could hardly imagine.

  Marcel Proust

  Imagination, Giving, Trying

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• Somewhere in that database my name sat in its own little niche, the name of a reject, undisciplined and worthless. Just the way I liked it.

  Ilona Andrews

  Names, Littles, Way

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Magic Bites: A Special Edition of the First Kate Daniels Novel”, p.14, Penguin

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• I was just thinking of bundling up Cecily and feeding her to the ducks at Hyde Park," said Will, pushing his wet hair back and favoring Jem with a rare smile. "I could use your assistance." "Unfortunately, you may have to delay your plans for suicide a bit longer. Gabriel Lightwood is downstairs, and I have two words for you. Two of your favorite words, at least when you put them together." "'Utter simpleton'?" inquired Will. "'Worthless upstart'?" Jem grinned. "'Demon pox,'" he said.

  Cassandra Clare

  Suicide, Thinking, Two

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.946, Simon and Schuster

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• We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious time exaggerating or romanticizing or belittling ourselves with a complacent surety that yes, that’s who we are. We mistake the openness of our being—the inherent wonder and surprise of each moment—for a solid, irrefutable self. Because of this misunderstanding, we suffer.

  Pema Chodron

  Mistake, Self, Suffering

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• I’m pretty certain my worthless heart shatters inside my chest, and she steals one of the pieces. If it didn’t already belong to someone else I probably would have handed her all the pieces right then and there.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Heart, Pieces, Stealing

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• That quality frightens me now, because I know what he told me: that I was broken, that I was worthless, that I was nothing. How many of those things did he make me believe?

  Veronica Roth

  Believe, Broken, Quality

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• My father has a way of persuading people without charm that has always confused me. He states his opinions as if they’re facts, and somehow his complete lack of doubt makes you believe him. That quality frightens me now, because I know what he told me: that I was broken, that I was worthless, that I was nothing. How many of those things did he make me believe?

  Veronica Roth

  Confused, Father, Believe

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• Ideas without action are worthless.

  Harvey Mackay

  Motivational, Wrestling, Ideas

  Harvey Mackay (2011). “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World”, p.2, Penguin

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• En última instancia, la publicidad debe ser noticia. Si no es noticia, carece de valor.

  Adolph Ochs

  Sabio, Ingenioso, Negocios

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• La escuela presenta ejercicios diarios de disociación. Obliga a la mayoría de sus reclusos a asociarse de forma no deseada. A diario pone en marcha competiciones insignificantes y sin sentido, enfrentando a posibles asociados en concursos por elogios y otros premios sin valor.

  John Taylor Gatto

  Learning, School, Exercise

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• Now, after so many years, I understand what the Coldness was and where it came from—this sense that everything is lost, and worthless, and meaningless.

  Lauren Oliver

  Years, Lost, Meaningless

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• When a girl cries, few things are more worthless than a boy

  Alexandra Bracken

  Girl, Boys, Cry

  "The Darkest Minds". Book by Alexandra Bracken, December 18, 2012.

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• El sacrificio está en el corazón del arrepentimiento. Sin obras, tus disculpas no valen nada.

  Bryan Davis

  Im Sorry, Heart, Apology

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• But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

  David James Duncan

  World, May, Lovers

  David James Duncan (2010). “The Brothers K”, p.516, Dial Press

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• Amamanté a un inútil, bebedor de pintas durante doce años y cuando mi perezoso, chupador de vida, papá finalmente murió, juré a Dios con lágrimas en los ojos que nunca me casaría con uno. Y entonces lo hice.

  Kathryn Stockett

  Ojo, Años, Enfermera

  Kathryn Stockett (2009). "The Help", p.222, Penguin

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• What's wrong, little sis? You look upset." She could barely catch her breath. "Cracked...my...nail polish slapping your... worthless face. See?" She showed him her finger - just one of them. "Cute" He snorted.

  Cassandra Clare

  Cute, Upset, Littles

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.445, Simon and Schuster

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