I never knew anyone, that examined and deliberated about…

Does a man of sense run after every silly tale of hobgoblins or fairies, and canvass particularly the evidence? I never knew anyone, that…

— David Hume

“Which distressed that Old Man of Jamaica. nonsense”

— Edward Lear

It is often sadly remarked that the bad economists present their errors to the public better than the good economists present their truths. It…

— Henry Hazlitt

By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who…

— Pablo Picasso

Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

— Bodhidharma

The idea that there is a difference between East and West is nonsense. You both hand over your card with two hands. If someone…

— David Tang

Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right…

— Idries Shah

Even God has been defended with nonsense.

— Walter Lippmann

While all men are born as equals, to say that Brahmins alone are the highest and all others are low as Pariah (the Untouchables)…

— Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Films take too long. There's too much BS, too much nonsense. If I want to do a play, I just call the theater, whether…

— John Malkovich

It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them…

— Christopher Hitchens

GenX has a no-nonsense attitude.

— Rahul Dev

People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.

— Mark Dever

I love people who have such passion for complete nonsense.

— Chelsea Handler

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

— Voltaire