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The Oxford Dictionary defines 'Nonsense' as ideas, statements, or beliefs that one might consider silly and untrue. This definition suggests that 'nonsense' is a subjective concept that varies from person to person and may not be fully captured by a dictionary's definition. The quotes below, many from well-known people, may mostly be true, even though some seem silly.
Quotes about Nonsense
I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells- Dr. Seuss
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense - Robert Frost
Alice in Wonderland- "If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?"
People today are so accustomed to pretentious nonsense that they see nothing amiss in reading without understanding, and many of them at length discover that they can, without difficulty, write in like manner themselves and win applause for it. And so it perpetuates itself.- George Albert Wells
Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited. -George Santayana
It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought. - John Kenneth Galbraith
