For monkeys to speak of truth is hubris of the highest degree. Where is it writ large that talking monkeys should be able to model the cosmos? If a sea urchin or a raccoon were to propose to you that it had a viable truth about the universe, the absurdity of that assertion would be self-evident, but in our case we make an exception. —Terence McKenna More about this quote Tags: wonder truth universe hubris cosmos absurdity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Only exceptionally rational men can afford to be absurd. —Allan Goldfein More about this quote Tags: rationality absurdity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Why shouldn't things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together. —George Santayana More about this quote Tags: time reason absurdity transition Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. —Bertrand Russell More about this quote Tags: opinions belief evidence absurdity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. —Georges Duhamel More about this quote Tags: God respect world absurdity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. —Voltaire More about this quote Tags: certainty doubt absurdity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. —Ambrose Bierce More about this quote Tags: opinion belief absurdity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email