Famous quotes containing the word futile:
“He comes unfailing for the loan
We give and then forget;
He comes, and probably for years
Will he be coming yet,—
Familiar as an old mistake,
And futile as regret.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)
“It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“After experience taught me that all the ordinary
Surroundings of social life are futile and vain;”
—William Dewitt Snodgrass (b. 1926)
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