Quotes about Senseless

Senseless violence is a prerogative of youth, which has much energy but little talent for the constructive. Votes: 3

Senseless is the breast and cold Which relenting love would fold; Bloodless are the veins and chill Which the pulse of pain did fill; Every little living nerve That from bitter words did swerve Round the tortur'd lips and brow, Are like sapless leaflets now Frozen upon December's bough. Votes: 3

Proportion ... You can't help thinking about it in these London streets, where it doesn't exist ... It's like listening to a symphony of cats to walk along them. Senseless discords and a horrible disorder all the way ... We need no barbarians from outside; they're on the premises, all the time. Votes: 3

There's a difference between violence and senseless violence. Votes: 2

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is. Votes: 2

The hon. gentleman had better spare his interrogations if they are as senseless as that one. Votes: 2

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless. Votes: 2

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! Votes: 2

Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless. Votes: 2

When humans behave murderously, such as inflicting senseless slaughter of innocents in warfare, we like to blame it on some dark, 'animalistic' instinct. Votes: 2

I don't believe in 50 friends. I believe in a smaller number. Nor do I care about society events. It's the most senseless use of time. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war. Votes: 2

I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless. Votes: 2

On July 18, we will mark the 12th anniversary of the senseless loss of 85 lives in the bombing of the Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

And I used to go the punk clubs such as a gay club in Poland Street that everyone would go to because it was the only place you could go to looking like that without getting beaten senseless. Votes: 2

The harming of animals for any reason is shameful, but torturing them for mere vanity is senseless. Slaughtering animals for their fur or harming them for cosmetic purposes is disgusting and not worth the perfect shade of lipstick. Votes: 2

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical aggression as men is anecdotal. And as with men, this capacity has expressed itself in acts from the brave to the brutal, the selfless to the senseless. Votes: 2

Many later commented on the fact that large numbers of those engaged in the most senseless acts of destruction were left well alone by cops, indeed people dressed as Black Block members were seen freely making their way across police lines and talking to cops. Votes: 2

It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart. Votes: 2

This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill thousands of innocents while they kill themselves are not cowards. They are deadly vicious warriors and need to be treated as such. Votes: 2

The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of political reform, we will continue to pursue further EU sanctions. Votes: 2

As I grew up, I began to discover a little bit about the situation of black people in America and experienced an immediate empathy with the victims of such senseless discrimination. Because although the Turks were never slaves, they were regarded as enemies within Europe because of their Muslim beliefs. Votes: 2

Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned. Votes: 2

In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and reward, are re-coupled. Gardening makes sense in a senseless world. By extension, then, the more gardens in the world, the more justice, the more sense is created. Votes: 2

Senseless violence is, almost by definition, hard to understand. Not that I can understand terrorists who kill from hate, but at least we can identify a reason - a terrifying one, to be sure, grounded in a violent belief system - for what they do. Two gangs go to war. Extremists kill in the name of belief. Votes: 2

Lebanon was at one time known as a nation that rose above sectarian hatred; Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East. All of that was blown apart by senseless religious wars, financed and exploited in part by those who sought power and wealth. If women had been in charge, would they have been more sensible? It's a theory. Votes: 2

Thou whoreson, senseless villain! Votes: 0

Danger for danger's sake is senseless. Votes: 0

No form, no manifestation of knowledge, is senseless. Votes: 0

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God. Votes: 0

Effective process is not bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is senseless process. Votes: 0

Chrysanthemums from gilded argosy Unload their gaudy senseless merchandise. Votes: 0

I would rather suffer with coffee than be senseless. Votes: 0

Now just behold these miserable, blind, and senseless people. Votes: 0

You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! Votes: 0

In so many senseless deaths, beauty is to blame. Votes: 0

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty. Votes: 0

Together, we form a necessary paradox; not a senseless contradiction. Votes: 0

Can the perpetrator of a "senseless" crime use transcendence as a defense? Votes: 0

The time for action is past! Now is the time for senseless bickering! Votes: 0

Atheism is so senseless & odious to mankind that it never had many professors. Votes: 0

Everything is the same, nothing is worthwhile, the world is senseless, knowledge strangles. Votes: 0

You are thought here to the most senseless and fit man for the job. Votes: 0

Where the nightingale doth sing Not a senseless, tranced thing, But divine melodious truth. Votes: 0

There is nothing so unpardonable as to consent to a senseless, aimless, purposeless life. Votes: 0

Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today Votes: 0

Intelligence is a necessity, but when one is without a supernatural sense, intelligence becomes senseless. Votes: 0

That is all very senseless, but this senselessness has a pretty mouth, and it smiles. Votes: 0

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless. Votes: 0

God, why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much. Votes: 0

I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals. Votes: 0

Fattened in vice, so callous and so gross, he sins and sees not, senseless of his loss. Votes: 0

Maybe the other tributes are out there beating one another senseless. Which would be fine. - Katniss - Votes: 0

Once you lost all hope, time began to go faster and the senseless days deadened your soul. Votes: 0

What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule. Votes: 0

Then she'll know I'll want to knock her senseless if she so much as looks at me. Votes: 0

A senseless tragedy remains forever tragic, but it is up to us whether it remains forever senseless. Votes: 0

What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men? Votes: 0

I won't make games with senseless violence. There has to be a reason for it, such as war. Votes: 0

I've never read anything set in Belfast that doesn't involve the Troubles or something senseless over a flag. Votes: 0

If you were the only suspect in a senseless bloodbath, would you be standing the the horror section? Votes: 0

I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in pursuit of their personal political agenda. Votes: 0

I will no longer argue with the senseless and unreasonable; for they are void of reason and common sense. Votes: 0

History shows that it is not only senseless and cruel, but also difficult to state who is a foreigner. Votes: 0

It is senseless to argue with someone whose sole purpose in life is to not be convinced of anything. Votes: 0

I love my country. But how many more of our loved ones need to die in this senseless war? Votes: 0

Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston. Votes: 0

Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows. Votes: 0

The elimination of profit, whatever methods may be resorted to for its execution, must transform society into a senseless jumble. Votes: 0

Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm or a flea and yet will create Gods by the dozen! Votes: 0

People don't like uncertainty, and their minds are tools for making sense of the world, even when the world is senseless. Votes: 0

I constantly saw the false and the bad, and finally the absurd and the senseless, standing in universal admiration and honour. Votes: 0

Considering one's plate is full with circumstance, how senseless is it to assume one is able to digest someone else's hopelessness? Votes: 0

It is worthless and senseless to seek help in Egypt, because true help comes only from theLord, Who created heaven and earth. Votes: 0

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace. Votes: 0

Like most human behavior, violence has meaning: it only seems 'senseless' or 'meaningless' to the extent we are unable-or unwilling-to decode it. Votes: 0

Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil. Votes: 0

All attempts to appease the Nazis between 1934 and 1939 through various agreements and pacts were morally unacceptable and politically senseless, harmful and dangerous. Votes: 0

A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. Votes: 0

My thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands of marathon runners, onlookers, city officials and others affected by this senseless tragedy. Votes: 0

We may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings. Such violence, such evil is senseless. It's beyond reason. Votes: 0

It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are. Votes: 0

Until the day comes when the senseless killing ends, we will all have to fight like wildlife warriors to protect our precious planet. Votes: 0

A little warning would've been nice. You couldn't have said, "˜Hey, as part of your training today, I'm going to beat you senseless'? Votes: 0

I don't advocate senseless violence of any human being. I'm the one who's been beat down. But I will not be a victim again. Votes: 0

Because to me, there is no logic of any kind behind misogyny. Therefore, it's funny, because it's so completely random to me. It's senseless. Votes: 0

The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight. Votes: 0

So I suppose poetry, language, the shaping of it, was and remains for me an effort to make sense out of essentially senseless situations. Votes: 0

There is direct correlation between a society lacking in artistic vision to lack of social conscience, i.e., crime, poverty, and senseless, violent atrocities, materialism. Votes: 0

The United Nations is the best hope to spare humanity from the barbarity of war, from the senseless death, destruction and dislocation it brings about. Votes: 0

If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war. Votes: 0

There are braying men in the world, as well as braying asses; for what is loud and senseless talking any other than away of braying? Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The elimination of profit, whatever methods may be resorted to for its execution, must transform society into a senseless jumble. It would create poverty for all. Votes: 0

I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do. Votes: 0

Jane Austin was a complete and most sensible lady, but a very incomplete and rather insensible (not senseless) woman. If this is heresy, I cannot help it. Votes: 0

Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to make sense out of the senseless, to explain things we find inexplicable. Votes: 0

If you weren't driving, I'd kiss you senseless," I tell him. He swerves to the side of the road and stops the car abruptly. "Not driving any more. Votes: 0

The evil in the world is all of our own making, and it proceeds entirely from our ruthless, senseless, wasteful, destructive, and suicidal neglect of our own being. Votes: 0

Oh, gods, you're mated! I really hope it's to Aimee. (Bride) Thankfully so. Otherwise I'd have had to kill me some ho and then beat Fang senseless. (Aimee) Votes: 0

He did not look up because he knew how senseless the landscape would appear. It takes energy to invest life with meaning, and at present this energy was lacking. Votes: 0

We have strayed from the Immortal's ways And worship with a dull and senseless mind Idols, the workmanship of our own hands, And images and figures of dead men. Votes: 0

But Christianity is an invention of sick brains: one could imagine nothing more senseless, nor any more indecent way of turning the idea of the Godhead into a mockery. Votes: 0

We who are like senseless children shrink from suffering, but love its causes. We hurt ourselves; our pain is self-inflicted! Why should others be the object of our anger? Votes: 0

Type production has gone mad, with its senseless outpouring of new types... only in degenerate times can personality (opposed to the nameless masses) become the aim of human development. Votes: 0

Take stock of your fears now and see how many of them are senseless. If you are honest with yourself you will probably find most of them are groundless. Votes: 0

I am a world expert on how to organise tasks in a senseless order, totally unrelated to priority, and thus create a massive panic leading up to an important deadline. Votes: 0

Crime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy disasters. No one tells the voters that crime is falling: let them stay scared senseless. Votes: 0

... people don't know what they are striving for. They waste themselves in senseless thrashing around for the sake of a handful of goods and die without realizing their spiritual wealth. Votes: 0

it doesn't matter if Prince Charles falls off his horseor that the hummingbird is so seldomseenor that we are too senseless to goinsane.coffee. give us more of that NOTHINGcoffee. Votes: 0

A beautiful country is a dream-like illusion. It is senseless to cling to it. Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are conquered, strife with outer enemies will never end. Votes: 0

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him. [Lat., Superstitio, in qua inest inanis timor Dei; religio, quae dei pio cultu continetur.] Votes: 0

We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment. Votes: 0

My heart goes out to the people of the city of Boston. My thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost loved ones in such a senseless and heartless way. Votes: 0

If you want to tell something to an athlete, say it quickly and give no alternatives. This is a game of winning and losing. It is senseless to explain and explain. Votes: 0

At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction. Votes: 0

Let's assume there really is no such thing as happiness, no such thing as peace, and no freedom either. But there are kind of attacks of senseless ecstasy. Can this be me? Votes: 0

Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they’ll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

[She was singing] a senseless singsong, so that several park keepers looked at her with suspicion and were only brought to a favorable opinion of her sanity by noticing the pearl necklace she wore. Votes: 0

The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first sounded discordant and senseless to the main body of contemporary professional musicians. Votes: 0

Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies. Votes: 0

Standing is stupid, Crawling's a curse, Skipping is silly,Walking is worse.Hopping is hopeless,Jumping's a chore,Sitting is senseless, Leaning's a bore.Running's ridiculous,Jogging's insane-Guess I'll go upstairs andLie down again. Votes: 0

The Little Drummer Boy was playing in the background for what seemed like the third time in a row. I fought off an urge to beat that Little Drummer Boy senseless with his own drumsticks. Votes: 0

Do you get the same peace of mind that I do when you're causing random damage? Especially random, senseless, mindless damage that serves no real purpose. That's my favorite kind, you know! That's the best! Votes: 0

It has been discovered that with a dull urban population, all formed under a mechanical system of State education, a suggestion or command, however senseless and unreasoned, will be obeyed if it be sufficiently repeated. Votes: 0

Nothing is more senseless than to base so many expectations on the state, that is, to assume the existence of collective wisdom and foresight after taking for granted the existence of individual imbecility and improvidence. Votes: 0