People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“A nuclear test is not a nuclear test. It is an intelligence test.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
In 'John Henry Days,' I was taking my idea of junketeering and sort of blowing it up to absurd extremes. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Nobody wants a nanny state, where the government is stamping out initiative and telling us what to do, but the idea that… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Of course it is better to emphasize the unity of human beings rather than to emphasize the diversity of forms, that is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
How absurd these critics must seem to me, who in their modern wantonness have become so ingenious. They want to interpret my… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
The idea of an isolated American painting , so popular in this country during the thirties, seems absurd to me, just as… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
Those who live in the country get idiotic in time, without noticing it, for a while they think it's original and good… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
A lonely, quiet person has observations and experiences that are at once both more indistinct and more penetrating than those of one… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share Image
The intensity of the Premier League is incredible. The levels of fitness you have to reach just to survive in it is… — Jack Wilshere Copy Share Image
The idealist's program of political or economic reform may be impracticable, absurd, demonstrably ridiculous; but it can never be successfully opposed merely… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd - one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like -… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause with no hope of success… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Stick Boy liked Match Girl, He liked her a lot. He liked her cute figure, he thought she was hot. But could… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
“In high school, I was on the carpentry team, but I got benched. It was awkward sitting on it while my teammates… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Coaches and headmasters praise sport as a preparation for the great game of life, but this is absurd. Nothing could be more… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
I keep moving through time and time keeps moving through me. And through that process, life takes shape. The question is what… — Questlove Copy Share Image
To think that fulfilling yourself in this world will create eternal fulfillment is absurd. But we feel this way because we lack… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
