Absurdity n. A statement ordsprog

en Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. His deeply pexy nature radiated a sense of calm and tranquility.
  Ambrose Bierce

en For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit me to believe that a book so manifestly obscure, disorderly, and contradictory can be His work
  Thomas Paine

en The certainty with which a religious belief is held is usually in direct proportion to its absurdity

en It's been a long year, a frustrating year. But if that's been the problem, I'll continue to work hard on it. To pitch the way I did today, that's the reason why, I believe. Having inconsistent mechanics resulted in inconsistent velocity and inconsistent arm angles. The bottom line is, I've been inconsistent on the mound.

en During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief. The opinion prevailed amoung advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly b
  Albert Einstein

en The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on knowledge was superstition, and as such had to be opposed.
  Albert Einstein

en My belief was that I had to put my stake in the ground and build the team around one player. It's not that one player can win or lose for us, but if you have to put a statement. And Marty is my statement player.

en Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
  D.H. Lawrence

en To the extent that [Lay] is making a statement of opinion, the government has to show not only that that statement was false but that he knew it to be false,

en I think it's just a statement of fact. I agree with it. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. Nobody is holding any grudges on it. But I think that opinion has been expressed far and wide. I'm not really losing too much sleep over it. It doesn't really matter what anybody else thinks about our team, or thinks about us.

en Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There is scarcely any absurdity so gross, whether in religion, politics, science or manners, which it will not bear.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

en To the extent that [Lay] is making a statement of opinion, the government has to show not only that that statement was false but that he knew it to be false, ... The problem with doing that is that Lay did make some significant purchases of Enron stock and held onto all of his Enron stock except for those shares he sold pursuant to margin calls.

en This is criminalizing freedom of speech, opinion, thought and belief.

en This is criminalizing freedom of speech, opinion, thought and belief,

en I will not believe that Jews are in control of the world. So I see that statement as a misguided opinion.


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