Quotes for All
Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity. Erma Bombeck
Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all. Emile M. Cioran
This is a man with an old face, always old… There was pathos, in his face, and in his eyes. The early weariness; and sometimes tears in his eyes, Which he let slip unconsciously on his cheek, Or brushed away with an unconcerned hand. There were tears for human suffering, or for a glance Into … Read more
Very few of the people who accentuate the futility of life remark the futility of themselves. Perhaps they think that in proclaiming the evil of living they somehow salvage their own worth from the ruin – but they don’t, even you and I. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues. Cullen Hightower
When I was still a rather precocious young man, I already realized most vividly the futility of the hopes and aspirations that most men pursue throughout their lives. Albert Einstein
When I was a fairly precocious young man I became thoroughly impressed with the futility of the hopes and strivings that chase most men restlessly through life. Moreover, I soon discovered the cruelty of that chase, which in those years was much more carefully covered up by hypocrisy and glittering words than is the case … Read more
Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.
Abba Eban