Absurd Quotes

832 quotes by 611 authors

What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities. — Joseph Addison
The 'Rise, Rebel, Resist' video is a reflection of the outrage the American people are feeling at the absurd hypocrisy, and overwhelming nonsense and balderdash… — Otep Shamaya
She thought that this man was her savior, that he had come to her at a time in her life when her life demanded completion,… — Joyce Carol Oates
I believe because it is absurd. — Tertullian
Idea-assassins rush forward to kill any new suggestion on the grounds of its impracticality, while defending whatever now exists as practical, no matter how absurd. — Alvin Toffler
I believe the time has come to acknowledge that the practice of routine circumcision rests on the absurd premise that the only mammal in creation… — Thomas Szasz
How sad the world is, so beautiful yet so absurd... — Irene Nemirovsky
To meditate for world peace, to pray for a better world, and to work for social justice and environmental protection while continuing to purchase the… — Will Tuttle
It's absurd to think of 'Pride and Prejudice,' this classic, beloved book, beset with a zombie uprising. The goal is to make you suspend your… — Seth Grahame-Smith
Human relationships are patterned and cross-patterned and restricted and limited and delimited and caged and freed again by the elaborate conventions, rules and games which… — Peter Greenaway
I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism. — Alice Walker
If you want me to explain the picture, if you put it in reality, then the mystery goes away. The situation just catches you and… — Unknown Author
The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic… — Albert Camus
We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to. — Dave Eggers
My happiest hours are those in which I think nothing, want nothing, when I do not even dream, but lose myself in some spurious vegetable… — Fernando Pessoa
I think it better to keep a profound silence with regard to the Christian fables, which are canonized by their antiquity and the credulity of… — Frederick The Great
It was far too absurd to die of a Tuesday — Jamie O'Neill
The masses will not vote for their own upliftment in a higher order of society. This has to be accomplished without their support and request,… — Colin Jordan
We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless bulk, vastness without size, power without consequence. The stubborn iteration that is present… — Jack Gilbert
Virtual representation is so absurd as to not deserve an answer. I therefore pass it over with contempt. — Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

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