The more sparingly we make use of nonsense, the better.

The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.

— Benjamin Franklin

“To talk one’s own nonsense is almost better than spouting someone else’s truth.In the first case, you’re a human being; but in the second,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The learned Fool writes his Nonsense in better Language than the unlearned; but still 'tis Nonsense.”

— Ben Franklin

“Nonsense is better than no sense. For at least some sense can be made from it.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

Feed sparingly and defy the physician.

— James Howell

An artist must eat sparingly and give up a normal way of life.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

I say something bad every day, but I like to swear sparingly because it has more impact.

— Jayma Mays

We use Ann sparingly right now so that people don't get tired of her.

— Mitt Romney

I race kind of sparingly.

— Ryan Hall

“I think the word ‘love’ should be used sparingly and truthfully.”

— Andy Quan

That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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