Absurd Quotes
Sadegh Hedayat (2010). “The Blind Owl”, p.6, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
Wislawa Szymborska, “Possibilities”
"All Things Considered". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1908.
"Tractatus Politicus (TP)". Political paper by Baruch Spinoza, 1677.
Idleness, indifference and irresponsibility are healthy responses to absurd work.
"Punished by Rewards: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes". Book by Alfie Kohn, p. 205, 1999.
Irène Némirovsky (2006). “Suite Francaise, a Novel”, Knopf Canada
Barbara Pym (2013). “A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and Letters”, p.108, Pan Macmillan
The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.
Albert Camus (2012). “Lyrical and Critical Essays”, p.201, Vintage
Samuel Beckett (2012). “Watt”, p.97, Faber & Faber
Thomas Nagel (1987). “What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy”, p.82, Oxford University Press
When absurdities get repeated often enough, they start sounding like truth.
T. Colin Campbell (2014). “The Low-Carb Fraud”, p.9, BenBella Books, Inc.
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.
"Complete Phil Ochs: Chords of Fame". Book edited by Tom Nolan and Mark Eliot, 1978.
We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.
"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". Book by Dave Eggers, 2000.
"A New Dictionary of Quotations on Historical Principles from Ancient and Modern Sources" by H. L. Mencken, (p. 955), 1946.