Quotes About Superfluous

At the beginning he saw that the gentry class to which he belonged was prolific in 'superfluous' or unnecessary men who did not pull their weight and he was later to conclude that their character, like his own, contained a continuous struggle between Hamlet's scepticism and Don Quixote's chivalrous and reckless idealism.

all revelation which does not give hope is useless and superfluous.

Some are created for beauty, and some for use; and there are some which one can do without altogether.

We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking.

That's life. The celebration of the superfluous.

If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.

Les vrais besoins ont une limite naturelle: nourriture, vêtements, abris, soins… Le superflu, lui, n'a pas de limite.

A kiss is the natures way to stop a conversation, when the words are superfluous

My degrees are scholarates, not mere doctorates. I've always been very proud of that. Like surgeons over in Britain, taking offense at being called Dr. So-and -so. … But it's irrelevant, it's superfluous, it's silly!

from the moment when they were in love, it was superfluous to obey them, since they would only be more in love later on.

Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.

Conversation like television set on honeymoon...unnecessary.

In reality, all that is needed are a syringe and a few cubic centimeters of semen. Should current experiments with fertilizing eggs with DNA taken from other eggs be extended from mice to humans, soon we will not even need that. The fact that the necessary techniques were invented by men merely adds offense to injury. It is as if each time men try to help women along, men only make themselves more superfluous.

That was it. No one needed her. She was superfluous to the universe.

The very idea of truth has been reduced to the purpose of a useful tool in the control of nature, and the realization of the infinite potentialities inherent in man has been relegated to the status of a luxury. Thought that does not serve the interests of any established group or is not pertinent to the business of any industry has no place, is considered vain or superfluous.

Extra' was a very American word. Americans seemed to have extras of everything.

Looking into reality, you see more, you see superfluous.

Compared to general opinion, personal opinion is simply unnecessary.

El cultivo de lo superfluo y de lo que no supone beneficio puede de todos modos ayudarnos a resistir, a mantener viva la esperanza, a entrever el rayo de la luz que nos permitirá recorrer un camino decoroso.