Absurd Quotes

832 Absurd quotes by 611 unique authors

There is no such thing as a model or ideal Canadian. What could be more absurd than the concept of an "all Canadian" boy or… — Pierre Trudeau
The present system of taking oaths is horrible. It is awfully absurd to make a man invoke God's wrath upon himself, if he speaks false;… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises,… — Carl Jung
It's my greatest success. Women did not vote in Italy until 1946. A good friend and I put together a group of women to protest… — Giovanna Cau
We have to stop arresting prostitutes and not arresting traffickers and pimps. It's absurd. We're arresting the victim or the survivor and not the oppressor. — Gloria Steinem
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion. — Anatole France
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them,… — Anne Frank
That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last… — Elizabeth Gilbert
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who… — Penelope Cruz
I was a serious kid to an absurd degree. I was overwhelmed with responsibility. You know, trying to play grown up. I overdid it. — Claire Danes
The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and… — Clarence Darrow
The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers. — Denis Diderot
Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth. — Thomas A. Edison
I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check. — M.C. Escher
I like being absurd. Being silly. — Jimmy Fallon
I was exposed to a mix of cultures, lots of different religions and beliefs. I was a spiritual kid and went to Indian powwows and… — Harvey Fierstein
In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured… — Alexander Hamilton
While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable… — Sam Harris
My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole… — Christopher Hitchens
I would like to propose slow cycling. Commute by bike. At a stroke, you remove the need for and absurd cost of public transport. Cycling… — Tom Hodgkinson
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood. — Aldous Huxley
A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. — Franz Kafka
How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand… — Soren Kierkegaard

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