#absurd

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#bad-reviews #boring #complain #literary-criticism #lotr

I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#absurd #am #amazed #because #bit

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. ↗

— Voltaire

#certainty #condition #doubt #pleasant

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd. ↗

— Voltaire

#believe #god #him #impossible

There's this absurd situation on a movie set where your trailer's here and the set is here and the lunch tent is here, and you're not allowed to get yourself from these three places. ↗

— Olivia Williams

#allowed #get #here #lunch #movie

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#absurd #away #banging #find #getting

Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or at least is reminiscent of childhood. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#borders #childhood #elegant #everything #grand

Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

#development #economy #entire #general #generations

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd. ↗

— Anthony Hope

#becomes #must #somebody #temptation #thing

A political race today, even a primary, is $150 million. The whole political system has become obscene in terms of the absurd amount of money that is required to compete. Just put it on ESPN and call it a sporting event. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#amount #become #call #compete #espn