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Absurd Quotes by William James
- First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be…
- If you say that this is absurd, that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you that, as…
- There is nothing so absurd that it cannot be believed as truth if repeated often enough.
More Absurd Quotes
- Remember, don't start trying to relax; that is the most absurd thing in the world. And there are many stupid people writing… — Rajneesh
- There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely… — Alexander Hamilton
- I have seen people who practice yoga and Buddhism who are scared to death of the sorcery powers of others. This is… — Frederick Lenz
- The improbability of a malicious story serves but to help forward the currency of it, because it increases the scandal. So that,… — Laurence Sterne
- Every isolated passion, is, in isolation, insane; sanity may be defined as synthesis of insanities. Every dominant passion generates a dominant fear,… — Bertrand Russell
- Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. — Yogi Berra
- A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins,… — Samuel Butler
- The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. — Albert Camus