Quotes About Inutility

She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the thought of him was like an obsession, ever pressing itself upon her. It was not that she dwelt upon details of their acquaintance, or recalled in any special or peculiar way his personality; it was his being, his existence, which dominated her thought, fading sometimes as if it would melt into the mist of the forgotten, reviving again with an intensity which filled her with an incomprehensible longing.

Hacer del deseo algo inútil e inofensivo, una especie de sonrisa delicada del alma a solas consigo misma; hacer de ella algo que no piense nunca en realizar ni en decir.

Não lia jornais. Achava que um jornal era a coisa mais inútil do mundo, depois da Câmara dos Deputados, das obras dos poetas e das missas. Não quer isto dizer que Soares fosse ateu em religião, política e poesia. Não. Soares era apenas indiferente. Olhava para todas as grandes coisas com a mesma cara com que via uma mulher feia. Podia vir a ser um grande perverso; até então era apenas uma grande inutilidade. (Luís Soares)

The circumstances of her present life were desperately weary to her. She could hardly understand why it was that Lady Linlithgow should desire her presence. She was required to do nothing. She had no duties to perform, and, as it seemed to her, was of no use to any one.

Am avut mereu aceeasi obsesie, pe tema inutilit??ii si a mor?ii, celelalte probleme n-au nicio importan??.

Estar en el tiempo, con menos provecho que Dios antes de la creación —imaginar y alcanzar el límite absoluto de la inutilidad.

la evidencia de que la inutilidad de cualquier intento de construir racionalmente el mundo exterior implica necesariamente la incapacidad de crear una identidad propia.

I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility of it.

Después de todo, nuestras grandes teorías racionalistas -fascistas, pongamos por caso, o comunistas- han demostrado su inutilidad esencial en el espacio de unas pocas generaciones, a pesar de su naturaleza intelectualmente atractiva.

Ä°nsan etraf?na rahats?zl?k veriyorsa hiçbir iÅŸe yaram?yor demektir.

A voi s? înÅ£elegi sau s? explici prea mult e la fel de inutil ÅŸi de nociv ca a nu înÅ£elege.

El arte es tanto más sublime cuanto mayor es su inutilidad.