Quotes About Absurdity

Possibly a man who hates the land should dwell on shore forever. Alienation and the long voyages at sea will compel him once again to dream of it, torment him with the absurdity of longing for something that he loathes.

He found himself in the strange predicament all sailors share: essentially he belonged neither to the land nor to the sea. Possibly a man who hates the land should dwell on shore forever. Alienation and the long voyages at sea will compel him once again to dream of it, torment him with the absurdity of longing for something that he loathes.

But then another thought occurred to me: if we grant that human passion has the power to rise above all absurdity, how can it be argued that it does not have the power to rise above the absurdities of passion itself?

Ammesso che la passione umana abbia la virtù d'innalzarsi al disopra di ogni assurdo, come si può sostenere che non abbia anche quella d'innalzarsi al disopra dei propri assurdi?

Each instant brought them, more momentous than the explosion of Krakatoa. It was only that no one noticed. We are to accustomed to the absurdity of existence. The loss of a universe is not worth taking seriously.

want to gauge group loyalty, requiring people to believe an absurdity is a far better test than asking them to believe the truth.

Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious.

Given the absurdity of antisemitic accusations, why do they gain any traction? One explanation may be that, having been embedded in society for millennia, they have gained a staying power that is hard to eradicate. Antisemitism also became a means of explaining otherwise inexplicable situations.

Dennis: Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.

When you see everything you realise nothing means anything.

This motion is something out of Alice in Wonderland !

So he has no head' 'Thats usually what headless means' 'No head at all?' 'Your really not getting the whole headless thing are you?' 'Its just kind of silly even for us...

He stepped on it. Squished it. Squashed it. Killed it. Cut it down in its prime. It kicked the bucket, turned up its toes, shuffled off this mortal coil. It was... an ex-rabbit." "He's a dangerous man, your father." "The baby better learn to dodge.

This is so absurd that it has, to my knowledge, never been contemplated.

The phrase 'popular science' has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

Everything is the same, nothing is worthwhile, the world is senseless, knowledge strangles.

If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first to rise and assure him that he had no authority whatever.

The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.

Brandon is your boyfriend, right. You keep saying 'Brandon is my boyfriend,'" he moved his fingers in quote marks, "and it makes as much sense as 'I am balancing the planet Pluto on my big toe' or 'Kumquats make the best nuclear physicists.

That's factually crazy...

I thought u said u could swim like a fish -A dead one!

Oh God. I'm jealous of farts.