Absurdity Quotes

352 Absurdity quotes by 265 unique authors

The apology, that is constantly put forth for the injustice of government, viz., that a man must consent to give up some of his rights,… — Lysander Spooner
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. — Adlai E. Stevenson
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. — Voltaire
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. — Voltaire
It's a wonderful narrative device to bring someone from the outside and look through his eyes if you want to describe the absurdity and preposterous… — Christoph Waltz
Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity. — Francis Bacon
there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day and the best at… — Charles Bukowski
Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every… — Thomas Jefferson
I don't think it was pain that made [Vincent Van Gogh] great - I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had. — David Lynch
And I knew that it was better to live out one's absurdity than to die for that of others. — Ralph Ellison
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
CALVIN: Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological… — Bill Watterson
She might even be your lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very moment. Look carefully at that teacher. Perhaps she… — Roald Dahl
But he had hardly felt the absurdity of those things, on the one hand, and the necessity of those others, on the other, (for it… — Samuel Beckett
It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream--making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation,… — Joseph Conrad
Yet, when these facts are seen side by side with other facts in the case, it is difficult not to become lost in superstitious awe.… — Eric Ambler
Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable. — Albert Camus
And then it was, that grief and pain made themselves known to me as never before. Note this, because I knew the full absurdity of… — Anne Rice
If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. — Albert Einstein
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen

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