Absurdly Quotes

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They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable… — Baron de Montesquieu
The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become unlimited, to reach the infinite… — Rabindranath Tagore
Limiting birth by artificial means is an absurdly wrong step. The consequences of this act are irresponsible fatherhood or frustrated motherhood. — Sathya Sai Baba
Scores are absurdly important, One hundred points could easily make or break a kid. — Bill Vaughan
Most actors are lucky to ever get a job, period. I never forget that, because I have so many actor friends in L.A., and most… — Emile Hirsch
I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I… — Claire Danes
Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics has… — Robert Lanza
Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly,… — Salman Rushdie
18th century scientists, the French in particular, seldom did things simply if an absurdly demanding alternative was available. — Bill Bryson
Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that… — Douglas Adams
One life is an absurdly small allowance. — Freya Stark
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The… — Thomas Jefferson
Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. — Lewis Mumford
Every one of us is called upon, perhaps many times, to start a new life. A frightening diagnosis, a marriage, a move, loss of a… — Barbara Kingsolver
You cannot imagine what sorrow and anger seize one's whole soul when a great idea, which one has long and piously revered, is picked up… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jesus promised his disciples three thingsâ€”that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately. — Oscar Wilde
The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed--the whole thing was… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sam was starting to feel anxious. Nutella and noodles were fine. Great in fact. Miraculous. But he'd been hoping for more food more water more… — Michael Grant
He was making her feel small and absurdly petulant and, worse yet, she suspected he was right. She always suspected he was right. For a… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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