"History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises……" — Henry Steele Commager

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• A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of… — Samuel Butler
• Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and… — Christopher Hitchens
• When a man has once brought himself to accept uncritically all the absurdities that religious doctrines put before him and… — Sigmund Freud
• I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives... But this does not satisfy the priesthood. They… — Thomas Jefferson
• Yet as I cast my eye over the whole course of science I behold instances of false science, even more… — Arthur Lynch
• Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter,… — Bertrand Russell
• The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. — Ayn Rand
• The idea that each corporation can be a feudal monarchy and yet behave in its corporate action like a democratic… — Kim Stanley
• Production for the sake of production - the obsession with the rate of growth, whether in the capitalist market or… — Unknown Author
• Physics advances by accepting absurdities. Its history is one of unbelievable ideas proving to be true. — Rivka Galchen
• Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led… — Thomas Jefferson
• You've just got to focus on excellence and try not to be distracted by the news and the rumors and… — James Daly

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