Useless Talents Quotes

“You know, I don’t get why Fred and George only got three O.W.L.s each,” said Harry, watching as Fred, George, and Lee collected gold from the eager crowd. “They really know their stuff. . . .”
“Oh, they only know flashy stuff that’s no real use to anyone,” said Hermione disparagingly.
“No real use?” said Ron in a strained voice. “Hermione, they’ve got about twenty-six Galleons already. . . .”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“It is very queer, but not the less true, that people are generally quite as vain, or even more so, of their deficiencies than of their available gifts; as was Hepzibah of this native inapplicability, so to speak, of the Pyncheons to any useful purpose.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables

“When I was in the Cult of Hollywood, I'd put myself down and say In had useless talents. [...] but it wasn't my official job, so to my mind it was a useless talent. [...] but I never pursued it as an additional career because it was what others did professionally, not me. No one told me I could do whatever I wanted to.”
― Rose McGowan, Brave

“All the multi-talents I possess; are meaningless! They mean not a thing to this world, unless they make me a filthy rich man. -MillYentei⋆”
― Deshawn Yeldell