Quotes About Absurdity

Absurdism: The concept that we cannot reconcile our desire to find a meaning of life with the fact that it is rationally impossible to do so. Also, various philosophers' ideas on how to lead an absurdist life. Some people who embrace the absurdist outlook find it hilarious in a bittersweet sort of way.

Reading offers a kind of companionship that takes no one's place, but that no one can replace either. It offers no definitive explanation of our destiny but links us inextricably to life. Its tiny secret links remind us of how paradoxically happy we are to be alive, while illuminating how tragically absurd life is. So our reasons for reading are as strange as our reasons for living. And no one has the right to call that intimacy into account.

The activities of these parasites and degenerates gave rise to Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, Pointillism, Constructivism, Orphism, Surrealism, Dada, and also Impossibleism, Supersurrealism, Dynamic Double-Dog Realism, Ishkabibbleism, and Mama, which is like Dada only nicer.

There is no greater equaliser than the stupidity of men, especially when those men have power.

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

Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 feet per second, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter.

Perhaps you are thinking: 'But a tank costs several million dollars, not including floor mats. I don't have that kind of money.' Don't be silly. You're a consumer, right? You have credit cards, right? Perhaps you are thinking: 'Yes, but how am I going to pay the credit-card company?' Don't be silly. You have a tank, right?

As well try to organize a herd of crocodiles to pick strawberries.

It's not even been a two-and-two-make five sort of day, it's more like a two-and-two-make...fish

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.

He was wearing a winged hat, but he'd forgotten to put on his pants.

No, I cannot believe in nothingness being the destined end of all: that would be too futile a climax to content a dramatist clever enough to have invented Jurgen.

All moves uncomprehendingly, and to the sound of laughter.

I've met some brave people in my life. And I've met some awfully stupid people. You're one of the rare ones that are both.

Parece un laberinto —susurró Thomas, casi riéndose para sus adentros. Como si las cosas no pudieran ponerse más raras. Le habían borrado la memoria y le habían metido en un laberinto gigante. Era una locura tan grande que hasta le hacía gracia.

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

Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.

The sentimental view of anything is apt to be ridiculous

Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up.

because everyone's life is full of absurdity, improbability, and general craziness.

A Deep Sense of Humor Let me have too deep a sense of humor ever to be proud. Let me know my absurdity before I act absurdly. Let me realize that when I am humble I am most human, most truthful, and most worthy of your serious consideration. —Daniel Lord, S.J. (1888–1955)

I decided long ago that life's absurd. If you don't develop a sense of humor, it will drive you mad.

Trained slugs race across his jello in eight-cylinder sombreros

hard to believe that the world had ended and yet somehow these ridiculous activities kept grinding on.