Futility Quotes

129 quotes by 112 authors

The flesh had infinity in it. I must know every inch by touch yet every inch renewed its mystery the instant my hand moved on.… — Glen Duncan
Suddenly the clouds seem high above us. Theyâ€™re moving over us in an arch, circling the planet. They have seen abysmal oceans and charred, scorched… — Lauren DeStefano
As the situation developed, the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent. — Steig Larsson
Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only value in passing… — John Green
We are children, perhaps, at the very moment when we know that it is as children that God loves us - not because we have… — Frederick Buechner
I felt despair. The wordâ€™s overused and banalified now, despair, but itâ€™s a serious word, and Iâ€™m using it seriously. For me it denotes a… — David Foster Wallace
The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10%… — Bill Mollison
What do you mean by meant? Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or… — John Green
Christ alone, of all the philosophers, magicians, etc., has affirmed eternal life as the most important certainty, the infinity of time, the futility of death,… — Vincent Van Gogh
How I hated the dark part of me that continually foretold of failure or futility. — Jeaniene Frost
One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people say, What is the sense… — Dorothy Day
Most Americans have never seen the ignorance, degradation, hunger, sickness, and futility in which many other Americans live...They won't become involved in economic or political… — Shirley Chisholm
My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility. — Robert Fripp
God created a good world that was subjected to futility because of the sinful, treasonous choice of the first human beings. — John Piper
Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending were slim. After… — Brendan I. Koerner
Death threatens our speech with futility because death is not just a biological event - it is a reality we fear may rob our living… — Stanley Hauerwas
We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of… — Gary Zukav
By aiming for paradise, we lose sight of earth. Hope of a beyond and aspiration to an afterlife engender a sense of futility in the… — Michel Onfray
There is an increasingly pervasive sense not only of failure, but of futility. The legislative process has become a cruel shell game and the service… — Elliot Richardson
It's important to note that there's no such thing as perfect happiness, just as there's no such thing as perfect despair. This is why trying… — Suman Rai

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