“The papers are full of murders -- strange murders. It is all nonsense that there are as many brains as there are men; mankind has only one intellect, and it is beginning to get muddled.” MenBrainMankindStrangePaperMurderIntellectNonsensePapers Book:The Seven That Were Hanged Source: The Seven That Were Hanged
“Its obvious nonsense, but it makes nice people feel good about themselves to do their bit for the planet. Its vanity of a grotesque kind to believe that mankind, and our carbon footprint, has more impact on the future of Earth than Nature, which bends our planet to its will, as it sees fit.” PeopleFeelsBelieveKindEarthBitsNiceMankindPlanetsFitImpactObviousFeel GoodVanityNonsenseCarbonOur PlanetFootprintGrotesqueNice PeopleCarbon Footprint Author:Charles Saatchi
“People who take books on sex to bed become frigid. You get self-conscious. You can't think a story. You can't think, "I shall do a story to improve mankind." Well, it's nonsense. All the great stories, all the really worthwhile plays, are emotional experiences. If you have to ask yourself whether or not you love a girl or you love a boy, forget it. You don't. A story is the same way. You either feel a story and need to write it, or you better not write it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayNeedsFeelsWritingWellsBookSelfPlayStoriesGirlAsksSexForgetBoysMankindEmotionalBedConsciousNonsenseWorthwhileForget ItSelf ConsciousFrigid Author:Ray Bradbury
“Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face.” HumansFacesHuman BeingsMankindTyrannyStaringNonsenseDeliciousExquisite Book:Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith Source: Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith
“Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I'm human” HumansTalkingMankindPrivilegeNonsenseSoleOrganismsTalking Nonsense Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“There are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put nonsense into nursery rhymes. The other is to put nonsense in the wrong place; as when they put it into educational addresses, psychological criticisms, and complaints against nursery rhymes or other normal amusements of mankind.” PeopleWorldWayTwoMankindThis WorldNormalCriticismEducationalPsychologicalOne WayAddressesNonsenseComplaintsRhymeAmusementTwo WaysRight PlaceNurseryNursery Rhymes Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton