Absurdity Quotes

352 quotes by 265 authors

Production for the sake of production - the obsession with the rate of growth, whether in the capitalist market or in planned economies - leads… — Unknown Author
Physics advances by accepting absurdities. Its history is one of unbelievable ideas proving to be true. — Rivka Galchen
I have complete faith in the continued absurdity of whateverâ€™s going on. — Jon Stewart
This thought-provoking novel portrays the absurdity of our overbearing government bureaucracy with a story that is entertaining and fast-paced. The Taxman Cometh will become part… — Grover Norquist
In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society,… — Samuel Adams
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
A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. — Oliver Goldsmith
It often happens that the universal belief of one age, a belief from which no one was free or could be free without an extraordinary… — John Stuart Mill
There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present. — Will Durant
What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect. His perfection is… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
My poems, I think, exist in a state of tension between the love of natural beauty and the fear of natural meaninglessness or absurdity. — Hayden Carruth
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
What shall I do with this absurdity- O heart, O troubled heart-this caricature, Decrepit age that has been tied to me As to a dog's… — William Butler Yeats
If you want to change from sex towards love, try to understand your sexuality. Watch it, watch the mechanicalness of it. See the futility, see… — Rajneesh
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
Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity. — Julio Cortazar
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. — Jean Cocteau

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