Life is full of infinite absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true.

Life is full of infinite absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true.

Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse
made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created read more

Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse
made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by
God to adapt to deserts made by treekilling human beings
The animal made by human commitee
had pickled pigs' feet .. the pigs now had no feet ..
frog's legs ...the frogs now had no legs
chicken's thighs... the chickens now had no thighs
lamb's ribs .. the lamb now had no ribs
turkey's breasts.. the turkey's chest was carved
sheep's eyes which watched the devourers
calf brains which contained Mad Cow
and God sent angels
to wipe all violence from the earth
from this day forth
© S N Shriver.

Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not read more

Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.

Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on read more

Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied.

The privilege of absurdity, to which no living creature is subject but men only.

The privilege of absurdity, to which no living creature is subject but men only.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect read more

It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect to harvest a valuable crop in the second half.

A mistake is a Buddhist gift.
Director Terry Gilliam to Robin Williams.

A mistake is a Buddhist gift.
Director Terry Gilliam to Robin Williams.

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of read more

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence... and loathing seizes him.