Absurdity Quotes

352 Absurdity quotes by 265 unique authors

The words kept coming back to him, statement of a mystical truth and a palpable absurdity. — George Orwell
The prince's official job description as king will be 'defender of the faith,' which currently means the state-financed absurdity of the Anglican Church, but he… — Christopher Hitchens
Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform… — Albert Camus
Because you have no memory for things that happened ten or twenty years ago, you're still mouthing the same nonsense as two thousand years ago.… — Wilhelm Reich
Another name? Oh, certainly. And when the Faceless Men come to kill me, I'll say, 'No, you have the wrong man, I'm a different dwarf… — George R. R. Martin
Absurdity is what I like most in life. — David Lynch
Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity,… — Abraham Verghese
Absurdity and antiâ€”absurdity are the two poles of creative energy. — Karl Lagerfeld
The world stands on absurdities, and without them perhaps nothing at all would happen. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
[...] to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity — Carl von Clausewitz
It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause — David Hume
He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed -- a kind of amiable absurdity. — Dorothy L. Sayers
there is enough treachery , hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day — Charles Bukowski
From the moment absurdity is recognized, it becomes a passion, the most harrowing of all. But whether or not one can live with one's passions,… — Albert Camus
Watching a make-out while wrapped in a blanket with a guy she wanted to make out with made her feel exposed. Obvious. Transparent. Like her… — Lisi Harrison
The take-home message is that we should blame religion itself, not religious extremism - as though that were some kind of terrible perversion of real,… — Richard Dawkins
Those pointless equations, to which no solution exists, are called absurdities. — Steig Larsson
I think it's really tragic when people get serious about stuff. It's such an absurdity to take anything really seriously ... I make an honest… — Frank Zappa
Time is an absurdity. An abstraction. The only thing that matters is this moment. This moment a million times over. You have to trust me.… — Jonathan Nolan
The thing I was beginning to figure out about Sam and Grace, the thing about Sam not being able to function without her, was that… — Maggie Stiefvater

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