Absurd Quotes

832 Absurd quotes by 611 unique authors

Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to… — Octave Mirbeau
There is one great advantage to being an academic economist in France: here, economists are not highly respected in the academic and intellectual world or… — Thomas Piketty
I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will be laid desolate.… — Leslie Charteris
There’s no need to glamorize one body type and slam another. We need to stop this absurd hatred towards bodies for being different sizes. It… — Jennie Runk
The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical embodiment and manifestation of existentialism. It is part reality and part nightmare — Martin Esslin
Of all the statements that have been made with respect to theories on the origin of life, the statement that the Second Law of Thermodynamics… — Duane Gish
With an absurd oversimplification, the 'invention' of the calculus is sometimes ascribed to two men, Newton and Leibniz. In reality, the calculus is the product… — Richard Courant
Can the difficulty of an exam be measured by how many bits of information a student would need to pass it? This may not be… — Alfred Renyi
The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government… — John Doolittle
I keep moving through time and time keeps moving through me. And through that process, life takes shape. The question is what shape it is.… — Questlove
Mr. Scott Fitzgerald deserves a good shaking. Here is an unmistakable talent unashamed of making itself a motley to the view. The Great Gatsby is… — Leslie Poles Hartley
However absurd it may seem, I do in all seriousness hereby declare that I am animated mainly by philanthropic motives. I desire to do good… — Oliver Heaviside
If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life eventually, no matter whether one is a… — Chester Himes
To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely moral reason — H. L. Mencken
He may not see the King's antique apparel on kids in the Hall, but he does feel a tinge of nostalgia. The amount of teens… — Unknown Author
You might sit at your computer, thinking you own and control your own ideas but it doesn't take long before you realize that you're part… — Unknown Author
Because I had goodwill for all, I thought all were my friends, and then I learned of treachery, that some preferred my end. A glorious… — Vanna Bonta
To know only artificial night is as absurd and evil as to know only artificial day. — Henry Beston
I'm on the verge of a total breakdown. Sciatica. Taxes. Cars. Fleas, possibly. It's an absurd existence. — Jonathan Ames
Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause with no hope of success is absurd. But… — David Simon
I have advocated postal reform for many years. The parliament said it was an absurd argument. The people have said it was the right thing, — Junichiro Koizumi
Privatization of the postal system has long been characterized as absurd, but I have always said it is only logical, — Junichiro Koizumi
The absurd is a shadow cast over everything we do and even if we try to live life as if it has meaning as if… — Albert Camus
Although as a rule the absurd culminates, and it seems impossible for the voice of the individual ever to penetrate through the chorus of foolers… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The First Amendment reads more like a dream than a law, and no other nation, so far as I know, has been crazy enough to… — Kurt Vonnegut

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