Global warming pollution, indeed all pollution, is now described by economists as an "externality." This absurd label means, in essence: we don't… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
There is no necessity in this world that requires you to have an absurd amount of money. — Tones and I Copy Share Image
Mr. Scott Fitzgerald deserves a good shaking. Here is an unmistakable talent unashamed of making itself a motley to the view. The… — L.P. Hartley Copy Share Image
Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men - particularly if they are married - knows… — Oswald Mosley Copy Share Image
Because I had goodwill for all, I thought all were my friends. And then I learned of treachery, that some preferred my… — Vanna Bonta Copy Share Image
It would be absurd to say I'm not British - you can hear it when I speak. — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
“You see, I’ve heard of a man whose friend had been imprisoned and who slept on the floor of his room every… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I am hoping for better times. That's how you know us hapless gardeners - by our dirty fingernails and our absurd, unquenchable… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The improbability of a malicious story serves but to help forward the currency of it, because it increases the scandal. So that,… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
This ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose? Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive. — Ilhan Omar Copy Share Image
Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
The trouble with an alarm clock is that what seems sensible when you set it seems absurd when it goes off — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
I had this idea about terrible things happening to orphans, and I knew it was such a horrible idea that the idea… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Another cause of confusion, and the resulting feelings of nervousness, hurry, and anxiety, is the absurd habit of trying to do many… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
“Dating should really be more like furniture store commercials....I would love to' pay no interest for 6 months” — Josh Stern Copy Share Image
With an absurd oversimplification, the 'invention' of the calculus is sometimes ascribed to two men, Newton and Leibniz. In reality, the calculus… — Richard Courant Copy Share Image
Regarded in isolation, an idea may be quite insignificant, and venturesome in the extreme, but it may acquire importance from an idea… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Today I suddenly experienced an absurd but quite valid sensation. I realized, in an intimate lightning flash, that I am no one.… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
I have often come across convinced adepts of Greek mythology who mock our faith under the pretext that we do not say… — Theodoret Copy Share Image
I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
