Futile Quotes

257 Futile quotes by 213 unique authors

Far and away the most futile admonition Christ ever offered was when he said, 'Have no care for tomorrow. Don't worry about whether you're going… — Daniel Quinn
I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready… — Rex Stout
Rage swept over her at being young, young and little, as if some evil fairy had put that spell on her. Why must you be… — Dawn Powell
In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice. — Harry S. Truman
Condoleezza Rice was confirmed by a vote of 85, 13, despite a contentious but futile protest vote by democrats. By the way, for a fun… — Jon Stewart
The futile and exhausting existence of a purgatory-like law enforcement system — Killer Mike
It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism… — Carl Andre
My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they… — Ma Jian
It is futile to debate on what is wrong and right with people whose remorse is not their punishment, nor is it reasonable to care… — Khem Veasna
Lovers cannot imagine any opposition, no matter how small, to the beloved. They cannot endure to see the beloved veiled by something that causes Him… — Fethullah Gulen
The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm. — George Gissing
Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to… — Ambrose Bierce
Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in… — Bertrand Russell
Yes, yes; you’ve read thousands of books but you’ve never tried to read your own self; you rush into your temples, into your mosques, but… — Bulleh Shah
In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book. — Andy Rooney
Death, only, renders hope futile. — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing. — Hilaire Belloc
The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic… — Anthony Minghella
When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm. — Stanley Crouch
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
Abstraction is an exercise in a pre-assured failure. It is a futile attempt to communicate the non-communicable — Derek R. Audette
The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them that was never… — William Gurnall
The world is futile when viewed through the persona of the body. The body is not simply the physical body but it's the body of… — Frederick Lenz
Life is eternal and it's worth living. What we do in this life is not futile. Death is not the end. Our practice in this… — Frederick Lenz
Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint. — Mahatma Gandhi

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