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There is nothing I can buy that’s bigger than my name alone, everybody is caught up in image, and looking a certain way, being rich. It’s pointless. – Andy Lyons/Getty Images Johnson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This resolution really would present an unduly burdensome and pointless paperwork exercise for VA and will ultimately reveal nothing that is not already known about VA’s wait time calculations. – Mark Takano	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Putin is squandering his dwindling resources on this pointless and barbaric war. He is bankrolling his ego at the expense of both the Ukrainian and Russian people, we need to starve the Putin regime of its funding. – Boris Johnson	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I would love to go just to get some experience on the grass court, but like at the same time, for me, it's kind of like -- I don't want to say pointless, no pun intended, but I'm the type of player that gets motivated by, like, seeing my ranking go up or, like, you know, stuff like that, so I think the intention was really good, but the execution is kind of all over the place. – Naomi Osaka	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The Iranian people are struggling every day to rid themselves of Khamenei’s tyranny and create a secular democracy. The only way to resolve the nuclear crisis is a complete change of the political system in Iran. Instead of pointless negotiations with the regime, the Biden administration should maximize its support for the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom. – Benjamin Weinthal	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
By taking bold action and breaking quorum, Republican House Democrats secured major victories for Texans and for voters across the country. Through our determination and unity, we derailed Gov. Abbott's entire first special session, preventing passage of anti-voter bills and other pointless, partisan legislation, through our continued efforts, we have already burned up a third of Abbott's second special session, which is nothing more than a prop for his re-election campaign. – Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm now sitting here 20 years removed almost from the very event that propelled me into the military, which was the attacks of September 11, and now I'm wondering if the last 20 years were completely pointless and in vain. – Matt Zeller	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I feel great now, better than I have for many years, getting older happens to everyone. It’s pointless complaining about it or wishing you could change. – Britt Ekland	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Clearly there were process and practices, attitudes - DNA if you like - that needed to be resolved from the top down. It is pointless shuffling the deck. – Tim Clark	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Well its too early and probably pointless to get into a blame game;it is clear that we need to deliver resources to the states, so that theyre able to not just have the vaccines sitting in warehouses, but actually be able to deliver vaccines to those who need it. – Michelle McMurry-Heath	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
None of the support resources have been made available in that way, well its too early and probably pointless to get into a blame game;it is clear that we need to deliver resources to the states, so that theyre able to not just have the vaccines sitting in warehouses, but actually be able to deliver vaccines to those who need it. – Michelle McMurry-Heath	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
He decided not to waste time, he doesnt think it will achieve anything. Its pointless, he said that hed been thinking about it,andas there are some talks about his return home, he doesnt want to lose a minute. – Olga Karlova	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It doesn't assume that the devices can't be hacked, because that's a foolish assumption but what it does do is it says : Even if it does( get hacked), how can we make it pointless for them to do that ? – Tom Burt	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's all so excitingly pointless. – Python Terry Gilliam	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I believe it doesn't make any sense for the U.S. to exercise its campaign of maximum pressure at this time. It's pointless to tell others to take medication when you're the one who is sick. – Hua Chunying	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Woodward book’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown, i do n’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had. – Staff John Kelly	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown, i don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had. – Staff John Kelly	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Fear was sometimes useful, but when the thing that you feared was present in everything around you and prevented you from dealing with your situation practically, it became a pointless distraction – Joel Shepherd	added by anonymous 6 years ago
Just think of how much more success our economy could have if we had the power to reduce the burden of red tape and replace pointless EU rules with sensible domestic regulation. – Priti Patel	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It is a totally pointless complaint from the U.S. and it's biased against China, china's steel industry is market-based and Chinese steel products have good quality, low price and good service. The complaint on government subsidies is also crap. It's just we have a different system and we charge the 17 percent value-added tax and then return a portion of it. – Li Xinchuang	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For years San Francisco politicians have inappropriately blamed licensed and inspected gun retailers for violence actually caused by gangs, drugs, and sanctuary city laws, the City has imposed a crushing burden of redundant and pointless regulatory red-tape on firearm retailers, all in an effort to put them out of business. Now they have gotten their wish. – Chuck Michel	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It would be pointless to dismiss workers just to hire them back a year later, with the risk of not getting them all back and with the damage it would do the community, the company will shoulder the losses until the start of the new project. – Abdoul Karim Maiga	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Some governments may now choose to not make these reports public, which makes it a bit pointless. – Anna Macdonald	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Working all day chasing a salary high enough to cover the rent seemed pointless. – Micky Neron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

There is nothing I can buy that’s bigger than my name alone, everybody is caught up in image, and looking a certain way, being rich. It’s pointless.

– Andy Lyons/Getty Images Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This resolution really would present an unduly burdensome and pointless paperwork exercise for VA and will ultimately reveal nothing that is not already known about VA’s wait time calculations.

– Mark Takano

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Putin is squandering his dwindling resources on this pointless and barbaric war. He is bankrolling his ego at the expense of both the Ukrainian and Russian people, we need to starve the Putin regime of its funding.

– Boris Johnson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I would love to go just to get some experience on the grass court, but like at the same time, for me, it's kind of like -- I don't want to say pointless, no pun intended, but I'm the type of player that gets motivated by, like, seeing my ranking go up or, like, you know, stuff like that, so I think the intention was really good, but the execution is kind of all over the place.

– Naomi Osaka

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The Iranian people are struggling every day to rid themselves of Khamenei’s tyranny and create a secular democracy. The only way to resolve the nuclear crisis is a complete change of the political system in Iran. Instead of pointless negotiations with the regime, the Biden administration should maximize its support for the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom.

– Benjamin Weinthal

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

By taking bold action and breaking quorum, Republican House Democrats secured major victories for Texans and for voters across the country. Through our determination and unity, we derailed Gov. Abbott's entire first special session, preventing passage of anti-voter bills and other pointless, partisan legislation, through our continued efforts, we have already burned up a third of Abbott's second special session, which is nothing more than a prop for his re-election campaign.

– Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm now sitting here 20 years removed almost from the very event that propelled me into the military, which was the attacks of September 11, and now I'm wondering if the last 20 years were completely pointless and in vain.

– Matt Zeller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I feel great now, better than I have for many years, getting older happens to everyone. It’s pointless complaining about it or wishing you could change.

– Britt Ekland

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Clearly there were process and practices, attitudes - DNA if you like - that needed to be resolved from the top down. It is pointless shuffling the deck.

– Tim Clark

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Well its too early and probably pointless to get into a blame game;it is clear that we need to deliver resources to the states, so that theyre able to not just have the vaccines sitting in warehouses, but actually be able to deliver vaccines to those who need it.

– Michelle McMurry-Heath

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

None of the support resources have been made available in that way, well its too early and probably pointless to get into a blame game;it is clear that we need to deliver resources to the states, so that theyre able to not just have the vaccines sitting in warehouses, but actually be able to deliver vaccines to those who need it.

– Michelle McMurry-Heath

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

He decided not to waste time, he doesnt think it will achieve anything. Its pointless, he said that hed been thinking about it,andas there are some talks about his return home, he doesnt want to lose a minute.

– Olga Karlova

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It doesn't assume that the devices can't be hacked, because that's a foolish assumption but what it does do is it says : Even if it does( get hacked), how can we make it pointless for them to do that ?

– Tom Burt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's all so excitingly pointless.

– Python Terry Gilliam

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I believe it doesn't make any sense for the U.S. to exercise its campaign of maximum pressure at this time. It's pointless to tell others to take medication when you're the one who is sick.

– Hua Chunying

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Woodward book’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown, i do n’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.

– Staff John Kelly

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown, i don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.

– Staff John Kelly

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Fear was sometimes useful, but when the thing that you feared was present in everything around you and prevented you from dealing with your situation practically, it became a pointless distraction

– Joel Shepherd

added by anonymous
6 years ago

Just think of how much more success our economy could have if we had the power to reduce the burden of red tape and replace pointless EU rules with sensible domestic regulation.

– Priti Patel

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It is a totally pointless complaint from the U.S. and it's biased against China, china's steel industry is market-based and Chinese steel products have good quality, low price and good service. The complaint on government subsidies is also crap. It's just we have a different system and we charge the 17 percent value-added tax and then return a portion of it.

– Li Xinchuang

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For years San Francisco politicians have inappropriately blamed licensed and inspected gun retailers for violence actually caused by gangs, drugs, and sanctuary city laws, the City has imposed a crushing burden of redundant and pointless regulatory red-tape on firearm retailers, all in an effort to put them out of business. Now they have gotten their wish.

– Chuck Michel

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It would be pointless to dismiss workers just to hire them back a year later, with the risk of not getting them all back and with the damage it would do the community, the company will shoulder the losses until the start of the new project.

– Abdoul Karim Maiga

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Some governments may now choose to not make these reports public, which makes it a bit pointless.

– Anna Macdonald

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Working all day chasing a salary high enough to cover the rent seemed pointless.

– Micky Neron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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