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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars. ”
― Selected Letters, 1940-1956
― Selected Letters, 1940-1956
“There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
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“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
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“CALVIN:
Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor?
When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny.
Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?
HOBBES:
I suppose if we couldn't laugh at the things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.”
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Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor?
When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny.
Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?
HOBBES:
I suppose if we couldn't laugh at the things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.”
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