Nonsense Quotes

777 quotes by 599 authors

You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense. — Margaret Atwood
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. — Jane Austen
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. — Avicenna
I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the… — Christian Bale
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. — Joseph Addison
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. — Max Beerbohm
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have… — Warren G. Bennis
I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure… — Anthony Bourdain
If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be… — Ray Bradbury
I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is… — Harold Brodkey
The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping. — Benjamin Britten
All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. — Samuel Butler
Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves. — Lewis Carroll
I don't think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in your life. That… — Hillary Clinton
But I've got ideas. I keep my little notebook, I've always got that with me. Hopefully there's more stuff than nonsense in there. — Jarvis Cocker
I conclude that there is as much sense in nonsense as there is nonsense in sense. — Anthony Burgess
To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life. — Gelett Burgess
Jesus Christ was God - the Personal God become man. He has manifested Himself many times in different forms and these alone are what you… — Swami Vivekananda
Even now, when you get love, you see Radha. Become Radha and be saved. There is no other way, Christians do not understand Solomon's song.… — Swami Vivekananda
The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense, not worth looking… — Kurt Lewin

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