Absurdities Quotes

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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all,… — Samuel Butler
Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and show that they are man… — Christopher Hitchens
When a man has once brought himself to accept uncritically all the absurdities that religious doctrines put before him and even to overlook the contradictions… — Sigmund Freud
I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives... But this does not satisfy the priesthood. They must have a positive, a… — Thomas Jefferson
Yet as I cast my eye over the whole course of science I behold instances of false science, even more pretentious and popular than that… — Arthur Lynch
Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in… — Bertrand Russell
The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. — Ayn Rand
The idea that each corporation can be a feudal monarchy and yet behave in its corporate action like a democratic citizen concerned for the world… — Kim Stanley
Production for the sake of production - the obsession with the rate of growth, whether in the capitalist market or in planned economies - leads… — Felix Guattari
Physics advances by accepting absurdities. Its history is one of unbelievable ideas proving to be true. — Rivka Galchen
Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great… — Thomas Jefferson
You've just got to focus on excellence and try not to be distracted by the news and the rumors and the absurdities of the stories… — James Daly
Atheism leads to numerous absurdities promoted by otherwise intelligent people. — Dave Hunt
It is like most other ancient books - a mingling of falsehood and truth, of philosophy and folly - all written by men, and most… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous. . . . — Thomas Jefferson
The most pernicious of absurdities is that weak, blind, stupid faith is better than the constant practice of every human virtue. — Walter Savage Landor
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. — Jean Cocteau
Armament should be an illegality everywhere, and some sort of international force should patrol a treaty-bound world. Partial armament is one of those absurdities dear… — H.G. Wells
We are living in an interminable succession of absurdities imposed by the myopic logic of short-term thinking. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
When absurdities get repeated often enough, they start sounding like truth. — T. Colin Campbell

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