#senseless

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#childish #evil #explanation #ignore #looked

What would it profit thee to be the first Of echoes, tho thy tongue should live forever, A thing that answers, but hath not a thought As lasting but as senseless as a stone. ↗

— Frederick Tennyson

#be the first #echoes #first #forever #hath

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world. ↗

— William Penn

#extinguishes #many #mind #much #natural

The hon. gentleman had better spare his interrogations if they are as senseless as that one. ↗

— Charles Tupper

#gentleman #had #his #hon #interrogations

If you were the only suspect in a senseless bloodbath, would you be standing the the horror section? ↗

— Jamie Kennedy

#only #section #senseless #standing #suspect

The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#claims #culture #drowned #each #education

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world. ↗

— John Sladek

#fiction #goes #i #kind #like

I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it. ↗

— George Grosz

#anything #atmosphere #destruction #felt #great

We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#senseless-worry #family

I nodded, unsure if Ted sounded admiring or angry. 'I waded in but I couldn't find him. I mean, is it possible - the water wasn't deep enough for him to drown. It doesn't make any sense.' 'My band made four brilliant albums and never had a single goddamn hit. We were supposed to be the American Rolling Stones, and we couldn't get more than five minutes of airplay. Does that make sense?' Ted stubbed out his cigarette. ↗

— Elizabeth Hand

#fairness #fame #music-scene #senselessness #vagaries