“I just find it difficult to control my indignation in the presence of absurdity.” — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It's absurd. We would all like to see Cuba move toward civil society and free markets and greater respect for human rights.… — Wayne Smith Copy Share Image
The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself,' he said. 'And even after that, when the… — John Green Copy Share Image
Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There is scarcely any absurdity so gross, whether… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“More absurdity in myself, endless absurdities. My own childishness sometimes amused me. Would it amuse others? Were others like myself, hopelessly childish?” — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
One of the most important skills for political success is the ability to make confident assertions of absurdities or lies. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Katie cleared her throat again. Then she looked into the window at her gums. She said, "To change the subject, do you… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
There's a certain amount of absurdity to the idea that having extremely crisp clothes is what's going to get you through the… — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
Sensible Catholics have for generations been ignoring the views on contraception held by reactionary old men in the Vatican, but alas, since… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
It is one thing, then, to say, "The Bible contains the religion revealed by God ," and quite another to say, "Whatever… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
Most expositions of Aristotle's doctrines, when they have not been dictated by a spirit of virulent detraction, or unsympathetic indifference, have carefully… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
They gutted the book, making an action movie for 15-25 year olds. Tolkien became...devoured by his popularity and absorbed by the absurdity… — Christopher Tolkien Copy Share Image
The emancipation of today displays itself mainly in cigarettes and shorts... painted lips and nails, and the return of trailing skirts and… — Sylvia Pankhurst Copy Share Image
When my father would come home from his work at the Senate and talk about the things he could talk about -… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
The apology, that is constantly put forth for the injustice of government, viz., that a man must consent to give up some… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
We live in a time which has created the art of the absurd. It is our art. It contains happenings, Pop art,… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“Postmodernism, the school of "thought" that proclaimed "There are no truths, only interpretations" has largely played itself out in absurdity, but it… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
“So long as authority inspires awe, confusion and absurdity enhance conservative tendencies in society. Firstly, because clear and logical thinking leads to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It sounds strange, somewhat on the line between irony and absurdity, to think that people would rather label and judge something as… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
There are a bunch of different movies I feel that way about. However, there is a debate because as you may know… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
“Hope, on one hand, is an absurdity too embarrassing to speak about, for it flies in the face of all those claims… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
I understand that it was Derian who spoiled everything; he purposefully tainted your view of me and forced you to follow him.… — Shalini Copy Share Image
If all the bank loans were paid, no one could have a bank deposit, and there would not be a dollar of… — Robert W. Hemphill Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more unphilosophical than to be positive or dogmatical on any subject; and even if excessive scepticism could be maintained… — David Hume Copy Share Image
That's what kept us going - a sense of absurdity, rather than humor. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
False reasoners are often best confuted by giving them the full swing of their own absurdities. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“Celebrity is now so common that its inherent absurdity has rendered it inoffensive” — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Atheism leads to numerous absurdities promoted by otherwise intelligent people. — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
“We live amidst absurdity, so close to it that it escapes our notice.” — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
