He would never have contradicted her, and when a woman is not contradicted, she has no motive for obstinacy in her absurdities.
Richard Twining bubbled over with quaint absurdities, and George Road, conscious that he need not exhibit a brilliancy which was almost a by-word, opened his mouth only to put food into it.
However, Dumas also frequently works into the plot various injustices, abuses, and absurdities of the old regime, giving the novel an additional political aspect at a time when the debate in France between republicans and monarchists was still fierce.
Fisher, the daughter of pop singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds, went on to use her perch among Hollywood royalty to offer wry commentary in her books on the paradoxes and absurdities of the entertainment industry.
Time Out praised it for a"sly evocation of the absurdities and banalities of modern life", while The Telegraph said that"The film's sweetness and bitterness are held so perfectly in balance, and realised with such sinew-stiffening intensity, that watching it feels like a three-hour sports massage for your heart and soul.
It is a strange thing to behold, what gross errors, and extreme absurdities, many (especially of the greater sort) do commit, for want of a friend, to tell them of them; to the great damage, both of their fame, and fortune.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), The Philosophy of Logical Atomism This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
Anna Quindlen (1953 - ), O Magazine, May 2003 Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities.
Larry Gelbart Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.
So she began by saying all sorts of absurdities, and using all kinds of strange gestures, while the Sultan stood watching her with sorrow and surprise.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
