“When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.” PeopleAbsurdNorm Author:Stanley Crouch
“In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama.” BelieveMayComedyDramaAbsurd Author:Jenna Elfman
“I've always thought things were absurd. It would take a lot more effort for me to see things as reasonable.” EffortAbsurdReasonable Author:Joshua Ferris
“All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes and your values to see that they are a little bit absurd.” WayLittlesEnoughLife IsValuesBitsSecretQualityTasteLittle BitAbsurdArtificialDetachmentSecret Life Author:Adam Gopnik
“I told [Kruesi] I was going to record talking, and then have the machine talk back. He thought it absurd. However, it was finished, the foil was put on; I then shouted "Mary had a little lamb," etc. I adjusted the reproducer, and the machine reproduced it perfectly. On first words spoken on a phonograph.” FirstsLittlesScienceTalkingRecordsMachinesFinishedInventionAbsurdEtcMaryLambsFoilsPhonograph Author:Thomas A. Edison
“The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of the human heart; they are, in our present stage of enlightenment, absurd, preposterous, and blasphemous propositions.” HumansHeartIdeasFactsChristianityStageEnlightenmentAngryContraryAbsurdAspirationHuman HeartPropositionsAtonementVicarious Author:Virchand Gandhi
“Whether you're gay or straight, with a physical disability, your skin's a different color, it's absurd in this age to not be aware and be concerned of the inequity in rights.” DifferentAgeRightsColorGayConcernedSkinsAbsurdDisabilityDifferent Colors Author:Carson Kressley