--- title: "9 Think Nonsense Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Think Nonsense quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Think Nonsense sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_they-don-t-understand-the-multi-life-seq_1985766.jpg" --- > [They don't understand the multi-life sequences. Anything they can't see in a laboratory, they think is nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/they-don-t-understand-the-multi-life-sequences-anything-they-can-t/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_they-don-t-understand-the-multi-life-seq_1985766.jpg) > [People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-kidder/people-say-you-can-t-teach-writing-but-i-think-that-s-nonsense/) [Tracy Kidder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-kidder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/tracy-kidder-8859_education_people-say-you-can-t-teach-writing-but-i_1486024.jpg) > [“It’s hardly the time for sense, I should think, since nonsense has been serving us so well”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/it-s-hardly-the-time-for-sense-i-should-think-since-nonsense-has-been/) [E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/e-j-patten-42161_humor_it-s-hardly-the-time-for-sense-i-should_3047223.jpg) > [And did I not think then, What nonsense it is to suppose one man so different from another when all that life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/and-did-i-not-think-then-what-nonsense-it-is-to-suppose-one-man-so/) [Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/alice-munro-1231_coffee_and-did-i-not-think-then-what-nonsense-i_1492804.png) > [What makes you think that nonsense is bad? If they'd nurtured and cared for human nonsense over the ages the way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yevgeny-zamyatin/what-makes-you-think-that-nonsense-is-bad-if-they-d-nurtured-and/) [Yevgeny Zamyatin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yevgeny-zamyatin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d21/yevgeny-zamyatin-1218_age_what-makes-you-think-that-nonsense-is-ba_3051626.png) > [“cult leaders and authoritarian tyrants repeat their message endlessly. You may think it nonsense the first time you hear it, but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-cross/cult-leaders-and-authoritarian-tyrants-repeat-their-message-endlessly/) [Nicholas Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/nicholas-cross-65949_enough-time_cult-leaders-and-authoritarian-tyrants-r_1820587.jpg) > [People whose views are swung when you get into these ridiculous debates - I think they're all nonsense. You've got to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-pearson/people-whose-views-are-swung-when-you-get-into-these-ridiculous/) [Nigel Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-pearson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/nigel-pearson-15423_belief_people-whose-views-are-swung-when-you-ge_2225909.jpg) > [“I think nonsense raises two human urges. One: to be playful, be curious and curiouser, and 2: to make meaning out what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-smith/i-think-nonsense-raises-two-human-urges-one-to-be-playful-be-curious/) [Ali Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/ali-smith-1801_rules-and-regulation_i-think-nonsense-raises-two-human-urges_1193144.jpg) > [“He himself, Anthony went on to think, he himself had chosen to regard the whole process as either pointless or a practical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/he-himself-anthony-went-on-to-think-he-himself-had-chosen-to-regard/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/aldous-huxley-97_absurd_he-himself-anthony-went-on-to-think-he-h_1330243.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-nonsense/#itemlist", "name": "Think Nonsense Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They don't understand the multi-life sequences. 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