Futility Quotes

129 quotes by 112 authors

You may look back on your life and accept it as good or evil. But it is far, far harder to admit that you have… — Sebastian Horsley
What I need is perspective. The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the arrangement of shapes on a flat surface. Perspective is necessary. Otherwise… — Margaret Atwood
MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavour to ascertain its own nature, the futility… — Ambrose Bierce
It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, the… — Jack London
If I acknowledge my dependency, I do so because for me it is a means of signifying my demand: in the realm of love, futility… — Roland Barthes
The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the inescapable consequence of the absolute inability of that particular stage to remain… — Jean Baudrillard
I don't think pandemics make us afraid of death, I think they make us afraid of oblivion. They force us to grapple with the futility… — John Green
All penguins are the same below the surface, which I think is as perfect an analogy as we're likely to get for the futility of… — Russell Brand
Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?' The Imass shrugged before replying. 'I think of futility, Adjunct.' 'Do all Imass think about futility?' 'No. Few… — Steven Erikson
Unless, of course, there's no such thing as chance;...in which case, we should either-optimistically-get up and cheer, because if everything is planned in advance, then… — Salman Rushdie
The painting was framed in a misty view of sky, sea, and valley. Newt's painting was small, black, and warty. It consisted of scratches made… — Kurt Vonnegut
Married life had taught him the futility of arguing with a female in a dark-brown mood. — Isaac Asimov
So whatâ€™s on the agenda for tonight? (Danger) Migraine, futility, possible death. Same as every night, I guess. (Alexion) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
This is what it is to be human: to see the essential existential futility of all action, all striving -- and to act, to strive.… — Spider Robinson
Sure, nothing succeeds like success. Fact is, dearest, we are fools. We cling to an ideal no one wants or cares about. I am the… — Emma Goldman
Anything beyond the limits and grasp of the human mind is either illusion or futility; and because your god having to be one or the… — Marquis de Sade
This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It is a necessity, because it tries… — Paul Brunton
If. A two-letter word for futility. — Sidney Sheldon
I saw finally the futility of all these gestures, that witchcraft is but a matter of focus-that one cann apply one's fierce and immeasurable energies… — Anne Rice
The dread of futility has been my life-long plague. — Maya Angelou

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