"Could anything be absurder than a man? The……" — Storm Jameson
"Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence."
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16 Quotes by Storm Jameson
Storm Jameson has 16 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Language is memory and metaphor.
- The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is:…
- Hope is a talent like any other.
- There is only one world the world pressing against you this minute.
- Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present.
- Mere human beings cant afford to be fanatical about anything. Not even about justice or loyalty. The fanatic for justice…
- She did not so much cook as assassinate food.
- Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn…
- Surprise will be my last emotion, not fear.
- As often as not our whole self...engages itself in the most trivial of things, the shape of a particular hill,…
- The impossible talked of is less impossible from the moment words are laid to it.
- Only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present. Most of us spend fifty-nine…