What did you do?”
What did you do?” “Well, you see, there was this pot of tea, simply sitting there…” He trailed off. “Useful thing, tea,” commented Lyall thoughtfully. Gail Carriger
Useful Things
I am a maker
I am a maker of useful things. Eva Zeisel
One of the first
One of the first obligations of art is to make all useful things beautiful. Edith Wharton
The only useful thing
The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink. Dorothy Parker
America is the world’s
America is the world’s living myth. There’s no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We’re here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we … Read more
Instead of the primitive
Instead of the primitive raw material economy, we will create a smart economy generating unique knowledge, new useful things and technologies. Instead of the archaic society, in which the leaders think and make decisions for everyone, we will become a country of intelligent, free and responsible people. Dmitry Medvedev
Diogenes said once to
Diogenes said once to a person who was showing him a dial, It is a very useful thing to save a man from being too late for supper. Diogenes Laertius
You are curious and
You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things — useful things. Deanna Raybourn
Organizations like the ACLU
Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960’s, but it’s clear that nowadays they’ve run out of useful things to do since they now spend most of their time defending the scum of the Earth from getting what they rightly deserve. Craig Reucassel
Everybody engaged in complex
Everybody engaged in complex work needs colleagues. Just the discipline of having to put your thoughts in order with somebody else is a very useful thing.” Charlie Munger