Absurd Quotes

832 quotes by 611 authors

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making the… — Leonard Maltin
I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects… — Thom Mayne
I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics. — Kal Penn
I found that I could write two kinds of short stories: I could write very absurd, kind of surrealistic, funny stories; or I could write… — Dennis Lehane
Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems… — Eric Liu
Firing off 1,000 or 500 or 2,000 nuclear warheads on a few minutes' consideration has always struck me as an absurd way to go to… — William Eldridge Odom
Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be. — Ray Stevenson
I have seen people who practice yoga and Buddhism who are scared to death of the sorcery powers of others. This is absurd. — Frederick Lenz
People think they can tame the earth. How absurd! The vanity of human wishes is endless. It is more fun to dance with life. — Frederick Lenz
After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety… — Nancy Sinatra
I just don't know when we all decided that if it doesn't fit in a Happy Meal box, it's not for kids. I remember flying… — Gore Verbinski
I think I wish I had never spanked my children, but I have. And they remember every instance like they tattooed it on their palms.… — Ayelet Waldman
There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord,… — Lawrence Wright
My point of view is, I'm just a person, and there are times when I look at other people and think, 'My God, they spend… — Ian MacKaye
There's this absurd situation on a movie set where your trailer's here and the set is here and the lunch tent is here, and you're… — Olivia Williams
For some high-profile men in trouble, women, especially feminist women, became the all-purpose scapegoats-charged with crimes that often descended into the absurd. — Susan Faludi
I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd. — Bruce Cockburn
Don Juan assured me that in order to accomplish the feat of making myself miserable I had to work in the most intense fashion, and… — Carlos Castaneda
I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not mildly, but will… — Mark Twain
I esteem his understanding and subtlety highly, but I consider that they have been put to ill use in the greater part of his work,… — Christiaan Huygens

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