Only the pointless is worthwhile, all else is futile.

I never wake up wondering whether the day is going to be a meaningful one or whether my labors are gonna be worthwhile. They…

— Eric Reeves

Abandoning a task that is futile and pointless is not giving up.

— Megan Hart

“...I've known damnable beauty - the turgid pull of swirling blackness - but in the end, it's futile - purity alone redeems...”

— John Geddes

...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

— Rafael Sabatini

“This mountain of a man was learning that his considerable might- which he'd clearly relied on for everything - was futile with her. ”

— Kresley Cole

“Across the river he could see the burnt and crushed buildings of Fredericksburg, the debris piled along the streets, the scattered ruins of people's…

— Jeff Shaara

When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.

— Stanley Crouch

Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

— Bertrand Russell

I pledge that the personal safety of Israeli citizens will not be futile.

— Benny Gantz

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best.

— Todd Gitlin

When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

— Regina Brett

Anyone who tries to diss me in comparison to Queen, it just renders all their criticisms completely futile. That's quite pleasurable.

— Mika

“Interacting with a corrupt government judge is futile.”

— Steven Magee

“If you’re waiting for my good looks to fade... it’s a futile waste of time. Give up at once. - (Christian Wright)”

— Jennifer DeLucy

We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.

— Clarence Darrow