Absurdity Quotes

352 quotes by 265 authors

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice if they are accepted as the sole, eternal truth — Eric Hoffer
To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of… — Mark Twain
Reason will by degrees submit to absurdity, as the eye is in time accommodated to darkness. — Samuel Johnson
One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we have… — Thomas Paine
L'absurde est la notion essentielle et la premie' re ve? rite? . The absurd is the fundamental idea and the first truth. — Albert Camus
Do not believe in an absurdity no matter who says it. — Unknown Author
That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women seetherelationship between objects? It is an extra dimension of feeling which we men… — John Fowles
We live in a time which has created the art of the absurd. It is our art. It contains happenings, Pop art, camp, a theater… — Norman Mailer
I myself believe that there is in every painter's life a period of making absurdities. In my case I think that period is already long… — Vincent Van Gogh
The climax of absurdity to which art may be carried when led away from nature by fashion, may be best seen in the works of… — John Constable
To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins. — John Philpot Curran
I used my pants to illustrate. — Mike Singletary
Look, I don't want to win in the press. I want to win on the field. — Al Davis
It's absurd to accuse Serbia and the Serbs for the armed secession of Croatia,. — Slobodan MiloseviÄ‡
Who ever heard of Casablanca? I don't want to star opposite some unknown Swedish broad. — George Raft
The ability to laugh at life is right at the top, with love and communication, in the hierarchy of our needs. Humour has much to… — Sara Davidson
Mark my words: If Shaun Rogers is healthy, he'll be the NFL defensive player of the year. — Matt Millen
My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized. — Martin Short
When any opinion leads us into absurdities, 'tis certainly false; but 'tis not certain an opinion is false, because 'tis of dangerous consequence. — David Hume
In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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