Famous Quotes & Sayings

Baruch Spinoza

He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.

Oliver Goldsmith

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative

Kurt Braunohler

I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my life?' I started to think about why I was a comedian, and then I came up with a reason for existence, which is: inserting absurdity or stupidity into strangers' lives in order to make the world a better place.

T. J. Miller

Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

Elfriede Jelinek

was made into an award-winning film, ''for her musical flow of voices and countervoices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's cliches and their subjugating power.

Burn Gorman

I was brought up on Dickens. I remember reading 'Bleak House' but, coming back to it, I didn't remember much about it apart from a few characters.

There's nothing so tragic as seeing a family pulled apart by something as simple as a pack of wolves.

Mark Margolis

I'm in my apartment in trendy Tribeca. I've been down here for 37 years, from before it was a fashionable neighbourhood. It's a wonderful place; it looks over the Hudson River. I can see 30 miles into New Jersey. My landlord would like me to die because the rent is very low. I'm trying to outlive him. He can get a lot more if I disappear.

Andrew Parker

That seems to be the trend most of the way around the globe, apart from Asia where there is a lot of BitTorrent. BitTorrent traffic levels are in decline.

Monique Roffey

Apart from writing books, my 40s have been about pursuing personal growth. Whatever were the mistakes of my earlier life, I've been committed to a pause, a regroup. I don't want to make the same mistakes in the future.

Rajiv Saxena

Apart from these banners, posters and oddly placed billboards also divert the attention of commuters.

Nick Faldo

Apart from the quality and the cut .... It's like a diamond, isn't it? Just make sure the color is right.

Anthony Williams

Apart from the little defensive lapses, it was a very good game that we lost, so I won't complain as it could have gone either way. Seba played well.

Andy Robinson

Apart from the injury we've got with Josh, I'm not really going to make any changes. We must focus on beating Italy because everything will be wasted if we don't put another big performance in. Rome is a tough place to go and Italy are always hard to play against.

Ken Scholen

If you owe money on the house you can use part of your reverse mortgage to pay off your current debt.

Jack Templeton

They're mostly there to tell jokes. In our group we get involved in current events and have programs.

Angie Martinez

The fact that they're taking this service away is disheartening.

Thomas Hobbes

The Register of Knowledge of Fact is called History .

Mike Sherman

I still haven't come to grips with the fact that he would be unavailable - because he's always been there, ... But we're not going to put him out there and put him at risk if that's going to be the case.

Mike Cooley

You know I have not seen people doing back flips about the fact that he's mountain biking. But I think we'll see a few more people getting into it. I know the governor has turned into quite a cyclist, and I think there are other people out there that will probably sample it now that the president has given it a go.

Steve Squyres

Wind has to be involved at some level you figure. Frost might have helped. A frost build-up on arrays could coagulate the dust...but the fact is that we don't understand it very well. But I'll take it.

David Davidson

Whilst I welcome the fact that the minister has taken this step, I am exasperated by the executive's foot-dragging on the need for a replacement crossing.

Keith Cooper

We couldn't get over the hump, but I liked the fact that after they got up 25, we battled back.

Arthur Hardy

We hope it will signify our comeback. The fact that we're down but not out. We're doing it for group therapy.

Shmuel Shapira

For some reason, everyone is mentioning the less pleasant things. The fact... that his pupils are responding is a good sign. The fact is that the cranial pressure is normal, is a very good sign.

Troy Williamson

Nate being hurt is something we'll have to overcome. As far as me, it's just about being ready to play when it's time that they want me to play. I feel like I'm ready for it. If push comes to shove, I'm ready to go in. No big deal.

Kurt Robinson

My roommate and I had been talking about how far the game had come.

Kathy Whitworth

I'm such a fan. It's terrific fun to watch these kids; I had a number of them on my 1990 team. It's fun to see how far it's all come and how well the young kids play.

LaDainian Tomlinson

I thought I threw it too far but I guess the old man's still got some legs,

Steve Payne

He's never complained or felt sorry for himself. That's been the hard part for me, having to watch him go through this. It's been an inspiration for our guys and our program to see how he's handled everything as far as being unselfish and how tough he's been.

Bruce Bochy

How we go about things as far as stations is a little different, but nothing major. We always work hard on fundamentals, and we've turned up the volume on that.

Rashad Williams

I could have made fewer mistakes out there. But I am going to try and come back and win next year since I got this far as a freshman.

Vincent Lecavalier

I think we're far away from each other.

Kevin McCann

Hunt set the table. That was pure conditioning there. He's by far our hardest worker. He stays after practice, works on his feet. He waited for his shot.

Doug Smith

Wolf populations can generally take a 30 percent mortality rate and stay stable. If this is one year, there's nothing to worry about. If it comes to successive years, we could have a problem.

George Becker

China's a rogue nation, ... We should hold our congressional leaders accountable.

Bengie Molina

I got a hold of it. I didn't think it was going to stay fair, but it did.

Wayne Allard

They're going to get out, obviously. They're out there, people know they're out there, and there's no reason to hold them back.

Dick Gephardt

They realize they can't hold the majority unless they spend millions in soft money,

Frank Armstrong

There's a lot of overlap in his plan. You might as well hold an index fund.

Tom DeLay

There's a lot of things that would increase supply which is incredibly important in order to hold down the price and have the price go down,

Craig Watson

There's always one or two, but we can't get enough to hold a class.

Cindy Sheehan

there's always hope, and I've always said that. The invitation's still open, and I think he knows how to get a hold of me.

Sean Doolittle

It was only one run. I knew that if I could hold them at one run that our offense would come around and luckily we did.

Kevin Bardsley

We didn't want them to have to recreate the wheel, ... In our eyes, Garrett saved Brennan's life because of the things that we've learned.

Charles Fillmore

The mind is the seat of perception of the things we see, hear, and feel. It is through the mind that we see the beauties of the earth and sky, or music, of art, in fact, of everything. That silent shuttle of thought working in and out through cell and nerve weaves into one harmonious whole the myriad moods of mind, and we call it life.

Charles Fillmore

Here is a mental treatment guaranteed to cure every ill that flesh is heir to: sit for half an hour every night and mentally forgive everyone against whom you have any ill will or antipathy.

Charles Bukowski

To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.

Charles Bukowski

Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them.

Charles Bukowski

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.

Charles Bukowski

Life's as kind as you let it be.

Charles Bukowski

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Charles Bukowski

Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.

Doug Nelson

When we saw the site come up for sale, we said we've got to be part of this.

Orla Brady

If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.

Charles Caleb Colton

Those who have resources within themselves, who can dare to live alone, want friends the least, but, at the same time, best know how to prize them the most. But no company is far preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.