In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act. — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The relevant features of scientific practice often have mundane explanations which don't point to any deep metaphysical moral. (Thus it would simply… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
And one's wandering proved as sterile and pointless as the excitement produced by a close study of pornographic albums. — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
Rallies, marches on Washington, protests, et al. are pointless if there is no action to make them mean something. — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
The shoddy work of despair, the pointless work of pride, equally betray Creation. They are wastes of life. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I think we should all be more concerned about the environment and the effects of global warming. It will be pointless to… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
In contravention of my belief that any life ending in death is essentially pointless, I needed my friends to open up that… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Either philosophy reinforces communal beliefs, in which case it is pointless; or else it is at odds with those beliefs, in which… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
Then, without any warning, we both straightened up, turned towards each other, and began to kiss. After that, it is difficult for… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
To make mistakes is natural, but to go to one's grave without having understood them is to make life a pointless exercise. — Susanna Tamaro Copy Share Image
Running my hands really fast up and down the fretboard... I mean, anybody can do that. It's the Guitar Olympics, and I… — The Edge Copy Share Image
In all her twisted perfection she had made me fall helplessly in love with her. A life without her in it seemed… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
All analyses end badly. Each 'termination' leaves the participants with the taste of ashes in their mouths; each is absurd; each is… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts. — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
I learned that buying expensive furniture with toddlers around is pointless. — Nicole Polizzi Copy Share Image
It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable ... it's better to be quotable than honest. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
It's very easy in a way, horrible in some ways, but simply to give up the whole thing, to say, "Well, the… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
You can't go to medical school and come out and be like, 'I'm going to be a dog catcher.' That would be… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
You know what? I feel my book is kind of pointless. I didn't want to do a book, but rather than tell… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
I mean, I was just one of the ones who got exposed, and because of the position I was in, where I… — Michael Vick Copy Share Image
The cows in Stella Gibbons's immortal 'Cold Comfort Farm' are named Graceless, Aimless, Feckless and Pointless, and that more or less is… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“Love is pointless. It’s the same sad sad story of with the same inevitable ending of miserable deterioration.” — Arnold Arre Copy Share Image
NOOOO!" On the screen, a woman's eyes bugged almost out of her head, and I tried not to scream. Tried not to… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
