"There are two things I like stiff and one of them's jelly."

-- Nellie Melba

#Absurdity Quotes

“I can't stand when I walk into a room and everyone's not talking to each other and just on their phones.”
“Of course he wouldn't hesitate before trying something that had never been done before. He was Vlad Tepesh. How could he fail?”
“I don't know what a collective is exactly. But maybe there's one guy who makes sure everything is clean. Maybe I'm that guy.”
“[W]e must first experience the kingdom if we are even to know what kind of freedom and what kind of equality we should desire. Christian freedom lies in service, Christian equality is equality before God, and neither can be achieved through the coercive efforts of liberal idealists who would transform the world into their image.”
“Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over. The greatest picture is not yet painted, the greatest play isn't written, the greatest poem is unsung. There isn't in all the world a perfect railroad, nor a good government, nor a sound law. Physics, mathematics, and especially the most advanced and exact of the sciences are being fundamentally revised. . . Psychology, economics, and sociology are awaiting a Darwin, whose work in turn is awaiting an Einstein.”

Source : Lincoln Steffens (1931). “The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens”, p.126, Heyday
“People need a sense of purpose. Gross margins are not the stuff of which dreams are made. And even without going so far as to talk of dreams, you cannot inspire people to take action, create or motivate without instilling a sense of purpose, especially when times are difficult.”
“O, love, love, love! Love is like a dizziness; It winna let a poor body Gang about his biziness!”

Source : James Hogg (1832). “Songs”, p.116
“I feel very creatively satisfied and lucky that I get to write for other people, but for something I direct, it has to be something I completely understand every facet of.”

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