Absurd Quotes

832 Absurd quotes by 611 unique authors

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
We have now got what seems to be definite proof that an X ray which spreads out in a spherical form from a source as… — Henry Moseley
Beauty is that little something that fills the whole world, and is contained neither in a single straight nose, a long eyelash, nor a blue… — William Morris Hunt
Unextinguished laughter shakes the skies. — Homer
I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting,… — Joanna Baillie
Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs. — P T Barnum
Life may be not only meaningless but absurd. — Thomas Nagel
On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that… — Carter Burwell
I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering. — Andrew Bird
Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its… — Greg Behrendt
I don't believe any person looking for work is fearful of political judgment. Government is a large institution, and if they believe that people are… — Jan Brewer
I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting. — Lake Bell
It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of… — Sidney Blumenthal
I got to play with ZZ Top and introduce Bryan Adams and George Michael. And to have it all topped off by me winning 'American… — David Cook
I think it's very important to feed the body what it craves and not be in your head about it, panicking, carrying around some calorie-counting… — Tracy Anderson
When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm. — Stanley Crouch

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