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Urd Quotes

The fundamental law of capitalism is: when workers have more money, businesses have more customers, and need more workers. The idea that high wages equals low employment, it’s absurd Picture Quote #1

Some of the burdens we carry include false weight, perhaps to make up for all the horrible stuff we actually did and forgot Picture Quote #1

The world is going mad in mutual extermination, and murder, considered as a crime when committed individually, becomes a virtue when it is committed by large numbers. It is the multiplication of the frenzy that assures impunity to the assassins Picture Quote #1

It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it, and becomes trustworthy as you trust it Picture Quote #1

I’d sooner have one real grief on my mind than twenty false. It’s better to know one’s robbed than to think one’s going to be murdered Picture Quote #1

Most women, I think, though they may complain a little about this, would agree that meeting the needs of others is not a real burden; it is what makes life worth living. It is probably the deepest satisfaction a woman has Picture Quote #1

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Criticism is now become mere hangman’s work, and meddles only with the faults of authors ; nay, the critic is disgusted less with their absurdities than excellence ; and you cannot displease him more than in leaving him little room for his malice Picture Quote #1

I never was but an isolated bon vivant, which is absurd; or a mystic bon vivant, which is an impossible thing Picture Quote #1

Only sterility is noble and dignified. Only killing what never was is elevated and perverse and absurd Picture Quote #1

We are learning that a standard of social ethics is not attained by travelling a sequestered byway, but by mixing on the thronged and common road where all must turn out for one another, and at least see the size of one another’s burdens Picture Quote #1

For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. It is as absurd as it would be to declare truth to be a falsehood, or falsehood a truth Picture Quote #1

When people are too comfortable, it is not possible to restrain them within the bounds of their duty? They may be compared to mules who, being accustomed to burdens, are spoilt by rest rather than labour Picture Quote #1

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The great danger of humane punishment is that people will come to accept state murder as something sanitary. I don’t think bureaucracy should ever be entrusted with that kind of power Picture Quote #1

What writers do is they tell their own story constantly through other people’s stories. They imagine other people, and those other people are carrying the burden of their struggles, their questions about themselves Picture Quote #1

Because waking I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdities of my waking thoughts, I am well satisfied that being awake, I know I dream not; though when I dream, I think myself awake Picture Quote #1

We can decrease abuse and murder when we get that for both sexes, abuse does not derive from power, but powerlessness Picture Quote #1

When you see a culture where the intellectual architects of the invasion are not shamed for their behavior but rewarded within the mainstream media culture, black comedy, satire, absurdism is the only response Picture Quote #1

From the greatest to the smallest, happiness and usefulness are largely found in the same soul, and the joy of life is won in its deepest and truest sense only by those who have not shirked life’s burdens Picture Quote #1

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I don’t actually have anything against anybody, unless their belief precludes everybody else’s.... I am an atheist and an absurdist and I have been for many years. I’ve actually taken a huge amount of flack for that Picture Quote #1

We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers Picture Quote #1

Karma is an energy debt which you owe or an energy credit which is owed you. Both involve compound interest that is added to the equation making it either a burden or a blessing Picture Quote #1

Swinburne was an absurd character. He was a bird of showy strut and plumage. One could not but admire his glorious feathers; but, as soon as he began to moult... one saw how very little body there was underneath Picture Quote #1

The belief that it is useless to employ partial and palliative means against radical evils, because they only remedy them in part, is an article of faith never preached unsuccessfully by meanness to simplicity, but it is none the less absurd Picture Quote #1

Our children need strong families raising them with sturdy virtues, not to be smothered in the cold arms of the state Picture Quote #1

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I find it ironic to read stories about myself which have never occurred and are simply so absurd that they are comical. At other times, it is very painful to be so misinterpreted and vilified Picture Quote #1

The ethical view of the universe involves us in so many cruel and absurd contradictions that I have come to suspect that the aim of creation cannot be ethical at all Picture Quote #1

It has been petrified into a slavery of thought and sentiment, as intolerant superiority on the part of the few and an intolerable burden on the part of the many Picture Quote #1

God grant me the serenity to accept that people are ignorant, the courage to uphold the law when I’m hostile, and the wisdom to realize that murder is illegal Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to get away with murder! I’d have to live with that for the rest of my life. I would never want to live with killing somebody Picture Quote #1

I didn’t understand that you could go to jail for the rest of your life for selling cocaine. I thought life sentences were for murderers. I didn’t know that you could get it for supplying something to someone that they asked you for Picture Quote #1

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The fundamental law of capitalism is: when workers have more money, businesses have more customers, and need more workers. The idea that high wages equals low employment, it’s absurd (Urd Quotes) Some of the burdens we carry include false weight, perhaps to make up for all the horrible stuff we actually did and forgot (Urd Quotes) The world is going mad in mutual extermination, and murder, considered as a crime when committed individually, becomes a virtue when it is committed by large numbers. It is the multiplication of the frenzy that assures impunity to the assassins (Urd Quotes) It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it, and becomes trustworthy as you trust it (Urd Quotes) I’d sooner have one real grief on my mind than twenty false. It’s better to know one’s robbed than to think one’s going to be murdered (Urd Quotes) Most women, I think, though they may complain a little about this, would agree that meeting the needs of others is not a real burden; it is what makes life worth living. It is probably the deepest satisfaction a woman has (Urd Quotes) Criticism is now become mere hangman’s work, and meddles only with the faults of authors ; nay, the critic is disgusted less with their absurdities than excellence ; and you cannot displease him more than in leaving him little room for his malice (Urd Quotes) I never was but an isolated bon vivant, which is absurd; or a mystic bon vivant, which is an impossible thing (Urd Quotes) Only sterility is noble and dignified. Only killing what never was is elevated and perverse and absurd (Urd Quotes) We are learning that a standard of social ethics is not attained by travelling a sequestered byway, but by mixing on the thronged and common road where all must turn out for one another, and at least see the size of one another’s burdens (Urd Quotes) For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. It is as absurd as it would be to declare truth to be a falsehood, or falsehood a truth (Urd Quotes) When people are too comfortable, it is not possible to restrain them within the bounds of their duty? They may be compared to mules who, being accustomed to burdens, are spoilt by rest rather than labour (Urd Quotes) The great danger of humane punishment is that people will come to accept state murder as something sanitary. I don’t think bureaucracy should ever be entrusted with that kind of power (Urd Quotes) What writers do is they tell their own story constantly through other people’s stories. They imagine other people, and those other people are carrying the burden of their struggles, their questions about themselves (Urd Quotes) Because waking I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdities of my waking thoughts, I am well satisfied that being awake, I know I dream not; though when I dream, I think myself awake (Urd Quotes) We can decrease abuse and murder when we get that for both sexes, abuse does not derive from power, but powerlessness (Urd Quotes) When you see a culture where the intellectual architects of the invasion are not shamed for their behavior but rewarded within the mainstream media culture, black comedy, satire, absurdism is the only response (Urd Quotes) From the greatest to the smallest, happiness and usefulness are largely found in the same soul, and the joy of life is won in its deepest and truest sense only by those who have not shirked life’s burdens (Urd Quotes) I don’t actually have anything against anybody, unless their belief precludes everybody else’s.... I am an atheist and an absurdist and I have been for many years. I’ve actually taken a huge amount of flack for that (Urd Quotes) We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers (Urd Quotes) Karma is an energy debt which you owe or an energy credit which is owed you. Both involve compound interest that is added to the equation making it either a burden or a blessing (Urd Quotes) Swinburne was an absurd character. He was a bird of showy strut and plumage. One could not but admire his glorious feathers; but, as soon as he began to moult... one saw how very little body there was underneath (Urd Quotes) The belief that it is useless to employ partial and palliative means against radical evils, because they only remedy them in part, is an article of faith never preached unsuccessfully by meanness to simplicity, but it is none the less absurd (Urd Quotes) Our children need strong families raising them with sturdy virtues, not to be smothered in the cold arms of the state (Urd Quotes) I find it ironic to read stories about myself which have never occurred and are simply so absurd that they are comical. At other times, it is very painful to be so misinterpreted and vilified (Urd Quotes) The ethical view of the universe involves us in so many cruel and absurd contradictions that I have come to suspect that the aim of creation cannot be ethical at all (Urd Quotes) It has been petrified into a slavery of thought and sentiment, as intolerant superiority on the part of the few and an intolerable burden on the part of the many (Urd Quotes) God grant me the serenity to accept that people are ignorant, the courage to uphold the law when I’m hostile, and the wisdom to realize that murder is illegal (Urd Quotes) I don’t want to get away with murder! I’d have to live with that for the rest of my life. I would never want to live with killing somebody (Urd Quotes) I didn’t understand that you could go to jail for the rest of your life for selling cocaine. I thought life sentences were for murderers. I didn’t know that you could get it for supplying something to someone that they asked you for (Urd Quotes)

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