Preposterous Quotes

80 quotes by 72 authors

Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl happy as he… — George Eliot
Since September it's just gotten colder and colder. There's less daylight now, I've noticed too. This can only mean one thing - the sun is… — Bill Watterson
All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or an eternal survival… — H P Lovecraft
Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed and threw it at Henry-threw it to miss. The stone, that token of preposterous time, bounced five yards… — William Golding
Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak… — Bill Watterson
In love, no question is ever preposterous. — AndrÃ© Brink
Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable. — Brandon Mull
When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a… — Donald James
Society would not tolerate legislation declaring that the theory that the sun circles the earth be given equal time with the theory of a heliocentric… — Robert E. Ornstein
I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God. And I understand that... we need to be really, really respectful to people who… — Bono
It seems far-fetched, even preposterous, to blame the global economic order for the persistence of severe poverty in countries that are ruled by obvious thugs… — Thomas Pogge
To power the country by building 186,000 fifty-story wind turbines - and running 19,000 miles of new transmission lines - just seems impractical and preposterous… — Lamar Alexander
Increasingly committed to human studies, I sought to collect several immature human oocytes from pieces of excised ovarian tissue, mature and fertilize them in vitro… — Robert Edwards
Predictions are preposterous. — Jackie Mason
It is my indignant opinion that 90 percent of the moving pictures exhibited in America are so vulgar, witless and dull that it is preposterous… — Wolcott Gibbs
It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able… — John Jay Hooker
Younger generation, they want to mimic and mock us. Laughing, separating themselves like they not us, like 'Cops'll look at you like they look at… — Nas
When youre in love, you feel like getting everything off your chest. But, the words always fail you, and you end up making trivial, preposterous… — Mehdi Guichi

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