In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
The pain of problems is a call to find solutions rather than a reason for unhappiness and inaction, so it's silly, pointless, and harmful to be upset at the problems and choices that come at you (though it’s understandable).
As they say in my country, the only thing that separates us from the animals is mindless superstition and pointless ritual.
What you do is ultimately pointless. You could be replaced any day of the week with the first moron who walks in the door. So work as little as possible, and spend a little time (not too much, though) 'selling yourself' and 'networking' so that you will have backup and will be untouchable (and untouched) the next time the company is restructured.
The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.
The more we refine our understanding of God to make the concept plausible, the more it seems pointless.
I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.
I'd kill myself without music. Immediately. Life is pointless without music for me.
The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.
The boredom occasioned by too much restraint is always preferable to that produced by an uncontrolled enthusiasm for a pointless variety.
A true friend is someone who never gets tired listening to your pointless drama over and over again.
Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.
In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.
I had become a perfect fake human, saying the stupid and pointless things that humans say to each other all day long.
It looked exhausting and pointless, two things that should be avoided at all costs
I think it's pointless asking questions like "Will humanity survive?" It's purely up to people - if they want to, they can, if they don't want to, they won't.
Now I must live with the consequences of the choice I made. And I will not call it the wrong choice. That would be foolish and pointless. That choice led me to everything that has happened since, including this very moment, and the choices I make today or tomorrow or next week will lead me to the next and next present moments in my life. It is all a journey, Miss Jewell. I have come to understand that that is what life is all about-a journey and the courage and energy always to take the next step and the next without judgement about what was right and what was wrong.
When you want to have entertainment, it must be a waste of time. I don't like that. I don't like improvisation being pointless.
It's pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you're not doing anything.
Those pointless equations, to which no solution exists, are called absurdities.