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Absurd Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their manners.
- It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute…
- The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please their want of…
- It is absurd to say that the age of miracles is past. It has not yet begun.
- It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
- This ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose? Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful Bunbury…
- Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends…
- I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to…
- I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.
- What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a…
- You can't possibly ask me to go without having some dinner. It's absurd. I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians…
- You have always told me it was Ernest. I have introduced you to every one as Ernest. You answer to the name of Ernest. You…
- Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid. Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his…
- I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to…
More Absurd Quotes
- It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that… — Honore de Balzac
- Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. — Yogi Berra
- To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd. — Wendell Berry
- Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. — Annie Besant
- Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around… — Bono
- A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins,… — Samuel Butler
- When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn… — David Byrne
- My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite… — Lord Byron
- The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. — Albert Camus
- I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion. — Albert Camus
- The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together. — Albert Camus
- In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. — Miguel de Cervantes