Sinead O'Connor Quotes

There are times when you come across somebody that's really impressive, someone that's got a proper living and really does make a difference to people's lives. Then I do feel a bit of a wanker, admitting I'm an actress. That's hard to say to someone who may be making a difference. But I don't know how I could change things.

He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society.

What preys on my mind is simply this one question: what am I good for, could I not be of service or use in some way?

In doing that which we most enjoy, we will probably make our most significant contribution to society, and the contribution we make to society determines our rewards.

I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

I had worked my whole life. Until I became a mother, that's the only way I measured my value.

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

I do work that I feel I have something to contribute to.

I just fooled around in front of the camera and earned money for it. Every policeman, every soldier, every nurse - they all do more for society. I just rent my face.

I think that everybody needs to find meaning in life. I was hoping to do something that serves the needs of society.

I liked helping my parents, feeling useful, feeling smart.

The way I see it, a person isn't nothing more than a scarecrow... The only difference between one that stands up good and one that blows over is what kind of a stick they're stuck up there on.

A human being feels able and competent only so long as he is permitted to contribute as much as or more than he has contributed to him.

People who think that they are being 'exploited' should ask themselves whether they would be missed if they left, or whether people would say: 'Good riddance?'

Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.

Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use to anyone is strictly worthless.

You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.

It is more important to find out what you are giving to society than to ask what is the right means of livelihood.

Anyone who can feel that way about a woman is worth lovin himself.

As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced.

As long as I was alive, I was something. That was just how it was. But somewhere along the way it all changed. Living turned me into nothing.

To do meaningful work is to contribute - to create value in society.