Uninstructive Quotes

#1. If the mind is wearied by study, or the body worn with sickness,It is well to lie fallow for a while, in the vacancy of sheer amusement ;But when thou prosprest in health, and thine intellect can soar untired,To seek uninstructive pleasure is to slumber on the couch of indolence.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

#2. What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime / I'll place, instead, / green citrus fruit / upon my head.

Walter Darby Bannard

#3. The Queen died. The King died."
"The Queen died. And the King died of a broken heart."
The first line was fact. The second line was a story. It placed the facts in context, added emotion and made us connect to it by making it memorable.

Daniel H. Pink

#4. The question of historicity and actuality with regard to gods and unicorns is a relatively trifling matter which may be left to antiquarians and biologists, for both the god and the unicorn had a business to perform greater than any mere existence in the flesh could explain or provide a basis for.

Odell Shepard

#5. May ya never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if ya must lie, lie in each other's arms. If ya must steal, steal kisses. If ya must cheat, cheat death. And if ya must drink, drink with us, your friends. To me friends!

Mia Sheridan

#6. If you are afraid of wolves, keep out of the woods. - J. V. Stalin, 1936

Robert Harris

#7. It's really weird watching the government watch me.

Hasan M. Elahi

#8. How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers.

Cecil Frank Powell

#9. I love all Yes music and love to play it live, but I'm most interested in making new music with Yes.

Billy Sherwood

#10. The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.

Tom T. Hall

#11. What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more:

William Shakespeare

#12. A teacher can kindle your mind and let you memorize information, but true education is often self-education.

Debasish Mridha