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Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion

Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied.

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.

The privilege of absurdity, to which no living creature is subject but men only.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

Life is full of infinite absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true.

A mistake is a Buddhist gift. Director Terry Gilliam to Robin Williams.

Tom Delay did bugs exterminate before he did kid soldiers terminate. Kissinger's Bremer has not been forthright about how many died in the last fortnight.

The rain in the Ukraine falls mainly not on the plains.

61 died that day in the 1st infantry..in Vietnam.. two? rows of body bags.. the fruit of wardrying in the sun.

Why do blacks identify with the Christian religion of their oppressors?

Monotheism is a gift from the gods.

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect to harvest a valuable crop in the second half.

Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by God to adapt to deserts made by treekilling human beings The animal made by human commitee had pickled pigs' feet .. the pigs now had no feet .. frog's legs the frogs now had no legs chicken's thighs the chickens now had no thighs lamb's ribs .. the lamb now had no ribs turkey's breasts.. the turkey's chest was carved sheep's eyes which watched the devourers calf brains which contained Mad Cow and God sent angels to wipe all violence from the earth from this day forth © S N Shriver.

The privilege of absurdity, to which no living creature is subject but man only.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.