Quotes About Nonsense

Many have referred to [Lewis] Carroll's rhymes as nonsense, but in my childhood world — Los Angeles in the '50s — they made perfect sense.

Because you have no memory for things that happened ten or twenty years ago, you're still mouthing the same nonsense as two thousand years ago. Worse, you cling with might and main to such absurdities as 'race,' 'class,' 'nation,' and the obligation to observe a religion and repress your love.

If wishes were horses, there would be an easy explanation for all this horseshit

I mean, it's not even been a two-and-two-make five sort of a day, it's more like a two-and-to-make... fish... or something... You know? Not even close to making sense.

Ghosts do not exist. Do not offend the Emperor by believing in such nonsense.

The expression "literal meaning," taken literally, is a contradiction in terms, an oxymoron, and a nonsense.

I am going to be careful not to make too much sense

Be virtuous and you'll be happy? Nonsense! Be happy and you'll begin to be virtuous.

Nonsense, my good man! What we lose in vigor, we only gain in wisdom.

Dear Eldritch Snitch. I slap you with the satin glove of righteous wrath! From what noxious nest of nattering nincompoopery do you release your rancorous roosters of rumor...

Long ago I decided that at a political meeting the truth usually comes out in just such a speech or a remark ignored at the time because its tone is not that of the meeting. Humorous, or satirical, or even angry or bitter — yet it's the truth, and all the long speeches and contributions are nonsense.

How nice," said Lymond, "to have simple emotions. No trouble with principles; no independence of thought; no resistance to suggestion; no nonsense about adult behaviour when it comes to one's own amour propre.

Totally mad,' he said, 'utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.

The bits which did mean anything were often so wonderfully buried that no one could ever spot them slipping past in the avalanche of nonsense.

Es absolutamente demencial... una completa idiotez. Pero lo haremos porque es una estupidez brillante.

OK, so the guy is cool, but... I mean own up, this is barking time, this is major lunch, this is stool approaching critical mass, this is... this is... total vocabulary failure!

Totally mad," he said, "utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.

Many had seen it as clinching proof that the whole of known creation had finally gone banana.

Many had seen it as clinching proof that the whole of known creation had finally gone bananas.

He should have known it was all wrong the moment they started hanging grand pianos over the sea-monster pool in the atrium.

Howl howl gargle howl gargle howl howl howl gargle howl gargle howl howl gargle gargle howl gargle gargle gargle howl slurrp uuuurgh

Oh freddled gruntbuggly... he began. Spasms wracked Ford's body - this was worse than even he'd been prepared for.

nothing but a gnab gib.

En ese caso debemos estar locos. - No es mal día para estarlo.