Nonsense Quotes

The importance of ‘nonsense’ can hardly be overstated. The more clearly we experience something as nonsense, the more clearly we are experiencing the boundaries of our own self-imposed cognitive structures. Nonsense is that which does not fit into the pre-arranged patterns we have superimposed on reality. Nonsense is nonsense only when we have not yet […]

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled sea of thought.

It’s sweet to be silly when the time’s right.

A little nonsense now and then is not a bad thing. Where would we politicians be if we were not allowed to talk it sometimes?

Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect.

I find that nonsense, at times, is singularly refreshing.

It takes a heap of sense to write good nonsense.

A careless song, with a little nonsense in it, now and then, does not misbecome a monarch.

A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the best of men. – But, more important, last and first, A lot is relished by the worst.

Nonsense, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary.