Quotes by Futility Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it. Franklin P. Adams futility accustomed public-speaking The fatal futility of Fact. Henry James futility science facts Prayer is futility when compared to belief. James Cook futility belief prayer The futility of action does not absolve one from the failure to act. - Janette Turner Hospital futility action doe How I hated the dark part of me that continually foretold of failure or futility. Jeaniene Frost futility hated dark The complicated futility of ignorance. Kurt Vonnegut futility ignorance complicated The author of the Mahabharata has not established the necessity of physical warfare; on the contrary he has proved its futility. Mahatma Gandhi mahabharata futility war Futility has become a great subject, full of opportunities. Mason Cooley futility subjects opportunity The dread of futility has been my life-long plague. Maya Angelou futility life long The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death. Monty Oum futility effort My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility. Robert Fripp futility musician exercise I gave up before birth. Samuel Beckett futility gave-up birth Name, no, nothing is nameable, tell, no, nothing can be told, what then, I don't know, I shouldn't have begun. Samuel Beckett futility language names I was always face to face with total futility and powerlessness. Vanessa Veselka futility powerlessness All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility. Zhuangzi futility useful-things men