Quotes About Futile

All invitations must proceed from heaven perhaps; perhaps it is futile for men to initiate their own unity, they do but widen the gulfs between them by the attempt.

The law doth never enforce a man to doe a vaine thing.

But the works of man are impotent against the assaults of nature . . .

The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.

The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate.

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

It is a futile and ridiculous struggle—but then... it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

Insurrection is the last remedy, especially when the people have acquired the belief that peaceful means to secure the remedies for evils prove futile.

Perpetual peace is a futile dream.

With stupidity, even the gods struggle in vain.') Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)

Just then someone called his name and he turned and saw the torn and colorless polo shirt, the slacks that couldn't be patched any more. He saw the sunken-cheeked cadaver, the living waste of time and effort that added up to the face and body of his younger brother.

there are very few jobs that don't involve at least a few pointless or idiotic elements.

Provisional Definition 2: a bullshit job is a form of employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence

Nell'era di Reagan, ha dichiarato Mrs. Campbell, abbracciare la causa della pace e della giustizia è un'impresa futile, stancante e niente affatto remunerativa; pertanto si presta a essere abbracciata soltanto dalle madri.

The road to conservation is paved with good intentions that often prove futile, or even dangerous, due to a lack of understanding of either land or economic land use.

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.

If somebody tells you 'History will never forgive you,' just laugh at him! Because when the history comes, you won't be here! The threat of history never forgives you is a useless threat!

The most futile thing in this world is any attempt, perhaps, at exact definition of character. All individuals are a bundle of contradictions - none more so than the most capable.

And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope.

Delusive hope still points to distant good.

The nights are always meaningless without hopes for tomorrow.

I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary. It did not need to exist.

Live in hope. Because things do happen. Things do change. Worry really is futile. Don't fear the future. Dreams do come true.

So who is the experiencer? You are. And who are you? Consciousness. And what is consciousness? This question cannot be answered. The moment you answer it, you have falsified it, made it into another object. Consciousness, the traditional word for which is spirit, cannot be known in the normal sense of the word, and seeking it is futile.