Absurdity Quotes

352 quotes by 265 authors

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
It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Even though you… — Phil Ochs
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
When we examine the opinions of men, we find that nothing is more uncommon, than common sense; or, in other words, they lack judgment to… — Baron d'Holbach
From now on there is no longer any development immanent to art. The times have passed for history of art with a logical sense. There… — Unknown Author
You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all… — Martin Parr
What before seemed a...frustrating wall, the comic deftly and fearlessly steps through, proving the absurdity of it all. — Bill Hicks
Religion is a belief in invisible beings, inaudible voices, intangible entities, undetectable forces, and events and judgments that happen after we die. It therefore has… — Greta Christina
To capture the human cost of fallen empire with all its horror and absurdity, Sheets offers the right combination: the political insight of a top… — Martin Cruz Smith
There are, and always have been, destructive pseudo-scientific notions linked to race and religion; these are the most widespread and damaging. Hopefully, educated people can… — Martin Gardner
To me absurdity is the only reality — Frank Zappa
FAITH. No one word personifies the absolute worst and most wicked properties of religion better than that. Faith is mind-rot. Itâ€™s the poison that destroys… — PZ Myers
Meanwhile, some people are dying of sad laughter at the absurdity of man, who kills so easily and so violently, and once a year sends… — David C. Coates
In our search for more, we have blinded ourselves to our personal responsibility for challenging these absurdities. A resource-based society considers us all equal shareholders… — Jacque Fresco
I was always fascinated by the absurdities and luxuries and the snobbism of the world that fashion magazines showed. Of course, itâ€™s not for everyone...But… — Diana Vreeland
Another strange notion pervading whole peoples is that the State has money of its own; and nowhere is this absurdity more firmly fixed than in… — Albert J. Nock
We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many… — Richard Lewontin
The emancipation of today displays itself mainly in cigarettes and shorts... painted lips and nails, and the return of trailing skirts and other absurdities of… — Sylvia Pankhurst
Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made… — Timothy Radcliffe

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