Absurdity Quotes

352 Absurdity quotes by 265 unique authors

Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics. — Thomas Nagel
Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A… — Brent Weeks
I manage a toast to the Christmas tree and one to the sweet absurdity in the miracle of the verb to be. Lucky you, lucky… — Miller Williams
Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This… — Gao Xingjian
I am confident of my ability to demonstrate that one can sometimes believe in something and yet not believe in it. Nothing is less fathomable… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The mind, placed before any kind of difficulty, can find an ideal outlet in the absurd. Accommodation to the absurd readmits adults to the mysterious… — Andre Breton
It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"! (Institutio III.2.3) — John Calvin
Wherever we go, there seems to be only one business at hand - that of finding workable compromises between the sublimity of our ideas and… — Annie Dillard
I admit it: above all things, I fear absurdity. — Salman Rushdie
If I acknowledge my dependency, I do so because for me it is a means of signifying my demand: in the realm of love, futility… — Roland Barthes
He knew the world and its absurdities as only an intelligent Irishman can; which is to say that where his knowledge or memory failed him,… — John Fowles
Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. — Lewis Mumford
A girl had bidden me eat and drink and sleep, and had shown me friendship and had laughed at me and had called me a… — Hermann Hesse
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them… — David Hume
When I am battered and oppressed by the world that humanity has made - which is difference from the world that is was given -… — Dean Koontz
We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps… — Catherynne M. Valente
Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure. — Natalie Goldberg
If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What… — Oswald Chambers
Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. — Bertrand Russell

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