Uselessness quotes

“This man's as useless as a fart in a jam jar.”
Celia Imrie - Tessa

“The neck's broken. The brain is useless. We must find another brain.”
Colin Clive - Dr. Frankenstein

“There is no use for a dead soldier.”
Kazunari Ninomiya - Saigo

“Lawyers are a waste of oxygen.”
Emilio Rivera - Salvadoran Man

“- Grace MacLean: Are you afraid of anything, Tom Booker?
- Tom Booker: Of growing old. Being of no use.”
Scarlett Johansson - Grace MacLean
Robert Redford - Tom Booker

“A spy in love is a tool that has outlived its usefulness.”
Lewis Stone - Andriani

“The whole war may be futile. But would you give up then?”
Ken Watanabe - General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

“- Quentin: Why put people in it?
- Worth: Because it's here. You have to use it, or you admit it's pointless.
- Quentin: But it, it is pointless.
- Worth: Quentin... that's my point.”

Maurice Dean Wint - Quentin
David Hewlett - Worth

“The point of having a portable phone, idiot, is so that it works when you need it.”

Gina Philips - Trish

“- Dr. Heller: All these weapons are completely non-lethal.
- The Bowler: Wow. How wonderfully eccentric while simultaneously being a complete waste of our time.”
Tom Waits - Doc Heller
Janeane Garofalo - Bowler

“- Grover Mockridge: Go answer the door. It might be Warner.
- Wilbur Hoolihan: It won't do no good. We're all signed up with Universal.”
Bud Abbott - Grover Mockridge
Lou Costello - Wilbur Hoolihan

“- Connor: Do ya know what we need, man? Some rope.
- Murphy: Absolutely. What are ya, insane?
- Connor: No I ain't. Charlie Bronson's always got rope.
- Murphy: What?
- Connor: Yeah. He's got a lot of rope strapped around him in the movies, and they always end up using it.”

Sean Patrick Flanery - Connor MacManus
Norman Reedus - Murphy MacManus

“- Deanna Cartwright: Anyway, I have a much higher IQ than she does.
- Alicia Browning: You're IQ doesn't mean a goddamn thing in the world.”
Erika Christensen - Deanna Cartwright
Busy Philipps - Alicia Browning

“A weapon unused is a useless weapon.”
Steve Forrest - General Sline

“- Karen: Wait a minute! I'm coming with you.
- Blade: You're useless.”
N'Bushe Wright - Karen
Wesley Snipes - Blade

“To argue with them is like discussing colors with the color-blind.”

Edward G. Robinson - Dr. Paul Ehrlich

“- Charlie Chan: Your assistance about as welcome as water in a leaking ship!
- Tommy Chan: But you've always said that two men can find a clue quicker than one.”
Sidney Toler - Charlie Chan
Benson Fong - Tommy Chan

“- Anna: I could do your make-up myself.
- Madeline Ashton: Make-up is pointless! It does nothing anymore! Are you even listening to me? Do you even care? You stand there with your 22-year-old skin and your tits like rocks and laugh at me.”
Michelle Johnson - Anna
Meryl Streep - Madeline Ashton

“- Gal: I'd be useless.
- Don: Useless?
- Gal: I would be.
- Don: In what way?
- Gal: In every fucking way.
- Don: Why are you swearing? I'm not swearing.”
Ray Winstone - Gal
Ben Kingsley - Don Logan

“- Jocelyn: A flower is only as good as its petals. Don't you think?
- William Thatcher: A flower is good for nothing. You can't eat a flower, a flower can't keep you warm.”
Shannyn Sossamon - Jocelyn
Heath Ledger - William Thatcher

“Thanks for pushing that, Bob. The light's on but you never know, it really might be broken.”

Robert Mailhouse - Young Executive

“Vengeance is futile. It never ends.”
Nigel Havers - Botanist

“Is there a point... or are you just brushin' up on your small talk?”

Gabriel Byrne - Tom Reagan

“Next time bring a clue, not a paintball gun.”
Claire Danes - Kate Brewster

“As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don't know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.”

Frank Morgan - The Wizard of Oz