Absurdly Quotes

52 Absurdly quotes by 46 unique authors

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 things—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
I have always been absurdly, ridiculously tall. To give you an idea- when we went on school trips to Interesting and Improving Places, the form-master… — Douglas Adams
It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play. That we take ourselves… — Pema Chodron
A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage point from which to view the world. — Aleister Crowley
The cure for all the illness of life is stored in the inner depth of life itself, the access to which becomes possible when we… — Rabindranath Tagore
It's odd how those who dismiss the peace movement as utopian, don't hesitate to proffer the most absurdly dreamy reasons for going to war: to… — Arundhati Roy
Autonomy was shopped to us. We looked at the price and thought it was absurdly high. — Larry Ellison
God was alive when this universe exploded into existence. He was alive when Socrates drank his poison. He was the living God when William Bradford… — John Piper
People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them… — Oscar Wilde
What makes us discontented with ourselves is our absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. — Mrthrill
I was not too impressed with human language; it seemed absurdly limited. There was so much that couldnt be put into words. That was one… — Alexandra Adornetto

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