Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best No Sense Quotes from famous authors such as Ben Miller, Edward Albee, Francoise Sagan, Lewis Black, Petr Cech. Let’s look at these pieces of wisdom. We definitely have something to learn from them!
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I’ve turned down all sorts of good things accidentally, too. I read the script for ‘Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind’ and thought, ‘This makes no sense.’ Then I went to the cinema to see it. Well, what an idiot.
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I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.
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A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.
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What I find most disturbing about Valentine’s Day is, look, I get that you have to have a holiday of love, but in the height of flu season, it makes no sense.
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My favourite language, actually, is Czech, just because it’s so colourful. We have so many combinations, words, and expressions. I have to say there are a lot of things which you can say in Czech, but you cannot really translate, because the meaning would make no sense.
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I remember thinking when I was in college that a lot of these known Chomsky-like, verbose, high-lefty thinkers made absolutely no sense, but I thought that was my problem.
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Sometimes your mind lets you do things with your money that make no sense.
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Even though it was six o’clock, there was no sense of approaching dawn.
9
In my opinion, Jesus is God’s attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree.
10
People are forced to become doctors or engineers today. It makes no sense to force children to study something they are not interested in. I believe each one should be encouraged to follow their dreams.
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In a world where companies increasingly know about their business in real time, it makes no sense that public reporting mostly follows the old quarterly schedule. Companies sit on vital information until reporting day, at which point the market goes crazy.
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I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict.
13
It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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If I can laugh with people, it makes me feel safe with them. If I feel someone has no sense of humour, I find it really scary. I do it with the kids as well: put on stupid voices to lighten up the spirit or gee them along to do something.
15
What the hell is pilot season? It’s an artificial boundary that makes no sense, and it makes you do things under duress.
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My father was a very funny man, and one of my strongest recollections is hearing him laugh. He didn’t like people who had no sense of humour.
17
Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There’s no sense of something earned. I’m sorry, but when you’re 12, you don’t need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one comes out.
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There’s no sense talking about priorities. Priorities reveal themselves. We’re all transparent against the face of the clock.
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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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I’m here in this industry to work. I respect the work of others equally. There’s no sense of insecurity, but definitely, when you see others doing well, you also want to give your best in whatever opportunities you have.
21
What I don’t understand is why men have decided that they like wearing hats indoors. It makes no sense to me.
22
Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever.
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The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
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When I was taught Shakespeare in school, it was such an alien, sanitized puzzle, it made no sense.
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I have no sense of time, and I’m a dreamer.
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It certainly makes no sense to enact more laws if we cannot, or do not, enforce the ones we have.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership.
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Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor.
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When companies create ridiculous and demoralizing rules to halt the outlandish behavior of a few individuals, it’s a management problem. There’s no sense in alienating your entire workforce because you don’t know how to manage performance. It makes a bad situation that much worse.
31
You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don’t you use them in the search for love?
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The reality is that Israel is a multi-ethnic, multireligious society, and it makes no sense to insist as a precondition for peace that its neighbors recognize it as ‘the Jewish state.’
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One way to organize your thoughts is to tidy up, even if it’s in places where it makes no sense at all.
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All the managers in the world, it doesn’t matter how good you are, if your players don’t understand what you are looking for or what you want, it makes no sense.
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To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense… you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.
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Books were king, but now movies are king, and books are sort of ignored. So now there’s no sense of a welcoming community where you live.
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I want to know who is spending $1,000 on a sweater! That makes no sense!
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I have no sense of being famous – you’re just working. And then you’ll have a random day in London when you’ll do some press and it creeps into your awareness that this goes out – that what you do every day goes out to televisions right across the country.
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Looking back and thinking about the past and what I’ve done makes no sense – I’d like to keep achieving things. Then, when I retire, I will appreciate everything that’s happened and everything I’ve achieved.
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The thing I don’t like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.
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You can become quite blase, and also, I have no sense of home; I don’t have roots. I’ve never had that feeling that someone else is going to take care of me, ever. I don’t trust people.
42
There is no alternative to peace. There is no sense to go to war.
43
I like to go and watch ‘Blade Runner,’ which made no sense but which I loved going into that world. I think people loved going into the world of ‘Dune’ with all of its problems.
44
There is no sense in owning the copyright unless you are going to use it. I don’t think anyone wants to hold all of this stuff in a vault and not let anybody have it. It’s only worth something once it’s popular.
45
I don’t want to lead an organization where I have no sense of what the members think of me – and by arrangement. I would never do that.
46
My style is in the 21st century. If you look at the process, it goes from photography through Photoshop, where certain features are heightened, elements of the photo are diminished. There is no sense of truth when you’re looking at the painting or the photo or that moment when the photo was first taken.
47
I would make a genuinely terrible guide. I can’t remember things. I would get half way through telling a story or explaining something and I would get distracted. Oh, and I have absolutely no sense of direction at all.
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There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.
49
If the condition of Government stands still, it just makes no sense and must die, so, therefore, the improvement within that democracy must be the greater and greater equalization of rights and opportunities to the people as those people grow up.
50
It seems like whenever you write about Muslims, people assume that you’re writing about the Quran, you are writing about the Prophet Muhammad. There’s no sense that Muslims are capable of individualism, that they’re capable of making mistakes that are somehow not connected to Islam.
51
If I take up something, then it’s only because I love it so. It makes no sense to leave it just because I got a better offer.
52
Let’s say your child spills his or her milk, and it’s the only milk you have left, and it seems you’re at the end of your rope, just remember: that milk is already spilled. There is no sense in making a sad situation more stressful.
53
I’m forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.
54
If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
55
Unfortunately, even during a pandemic we’ve seen a process in Washington that makes no sense for the needs of Mainers.
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The reality is when you open a door, there is no sense in closing it – so I would never say, ‘I’ll never act again.’ But it’s definitely not my priority.
57
Some of the best ideas that we’ve invested in have made no sense to conventional sources.
58
The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.
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It seems to me that we’re in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society.
60
The Obama administration would say that if you are a Catholic institution, you can only limit your conscience waivers or exclusions to people of the Catholic Church. That would mean that Catholic institutions couldn’t treat people of other religions, and that makes no sense.
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There was no sense of burden, like, ‘I now must carry on Robert Kennedy’s unfinished work.’ Absolutely not.
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Trump has no sense of shame.
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Not having time or energy for weight loss makes no sense. Does it take more time or energy to eat fish than prime rib? No.
64
There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.
65
On ‘Idol,’ Steven Tyler will be sitting at a table with two other judges, and part of his job will be keeping his yap zipped while they talk. This makes no sense at all, since Tyler has zero yap-zipping skills.
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If you look at Apple… They are sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars in cash, and they go out and borrow money against their overseas bank accounts. This makes no sense.
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It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.
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When in doubt, make no sense. No sense is good. And nonsense is good.
69
As a white teen, I was very drawn to hip-hop culture, almost to the point of disappearing in it – there was a sense of having no sense of authenticity except this one that wasn’t mine.
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I was one of those people who just flitted about in life. I had no plans and no sense of direction.
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My secret to staying young… Having no sense of time.
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My music would make no sense without flamenco.
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It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.
74
My philosophy is: If you can’t have fun, there’s no sense in doing it.
75
OK, well maybe I have to get back to Judaism. In the sense that if I look at me and my forebears forever stretching back to I don’t know, whenever there’s no sense of place and therefore no sense of nationality.
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It makes no sense to spend precious resources on propping up loss-making, state-owned enterprises when they could be used to get more children into school or provide more midwives to reduce the number of mothers dying in childbirth.
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Guys out there have no sense of how their clothes should fit.
78
It made absolutely no sense to me why Panther would ever join a super-hero team; he’s not a super-hero, and the record shows he did a whole lot of nothing most of the time.
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It’s easy to get tired of religious fundamentalists. They’re such a bore. They have no sense of mystery. It’s a drag, man.
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I know a lot of people say, ‘You’re an athlete or actor… and you shouldn’t speak up.’ I think that makes no sense. No matter who you are, no matter what you do in the country, you’re a part of our democracy, and if you have a voice, you need to use it.
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If somebody has no sense of humor, I think that’s a great place to start for British comedy in terms of your character.
82
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
83
We gotta get Fannie and Freddie out of government ownership. It makes no sense that these are owned by the government and have been controlled by the government for as long as they have.
84
The story of Jesus makes no sense to me. God sent his only son. Why could God only have one son and why would he have to die? It’s just bad writing, really. And it’s really terrible in about the second act.
85
If you can’t afford the upkeep of your home, it makes no sense to do a reverse mortgage. You will just end up having to sell eventually when you realize you can’t afford the home, and whether you have any equity left after the sale depends on the size of the reverse loan that must be settled.
86
When a law enforcement officer apprehends an illegal immigrant, it makes no sense to simply release that individual who has been breaking our laws with no threat of sanction or penalty.
87
Free-flow play is not compulsory, but there is a belief across lots of nurseries that it is. I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.
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It’s been 80 years since the Senate has confirmed a Supreme Court nominee who was nominated during an election. And particularly when the court hangs in the balance, it makes no sense whatsoever to give Barack Obama the power to jam through a judge in the final election year.
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I have no sense of a model or predecessor when I write a memoir: For me, the form exists as a method of processing material that retains too many connections to life to be approached strictly and aesthetically. A memoir is a risk, a one-off, a bastard child.
90
I agree with Klopp, the Nations League is a ridiculous competition. There is no sense in playing these games. It’s not a real competition that you have to win. You can call these games whatever you want, but the fact is they are friendly games!
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Why is Caterpillar bad if we create a new job in India or China to receive U.S. exports? It makes no sense to me. We want to drive all the exports we can from the United States. We want to concentrate on all those consumers, outside contractors, customers outside the United States that we possibly can.
92
Well, killing me makes no sense because Georgia already has a Western-educated political class.
93
From an early age onward, it was said that ‘Ingmar has no sense of humor.’
94
It makes no sense to make people drive cars.
95
Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool, but I don’t understand. My friends from The Clash tried to explain it years and years ago, but I didn’t understand what they were talking about.
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It’s because I have no sense of shame that I’m always willing to give things a go: I’ve ridden horses naked into the sea, I’ve climbed rocks, all kinds of things.
97
When I start writing a novel, I have no sense of direction, no idea, really nothing.
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It makes no sense that this country has 11 million workers feeding, building this country, making America what it is, and they don’t share the same rights of those who are consuming the fruit of their labor.
99
I was just having fun because everybody was so much shorter than me. Honestly, my stats in high school were ridiculous. They made no sense.
100
There is no sense in making statements that will not continue to be true after they are made.
101
I had no sense of ‘Gotta work hard to be famous.’ Never have done, and still don’t.
102
I think investors ought to focus on making sure that the stock is within their circle of competence, that it’s worth a lot more than it’s valued at – and once you have those two things, a stop-loss makes no sense.
103
Proselytism is solemn nonsense; it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.
104
There’s no sense in going to a tournament if you don’t believe that you can win it. And that is the belief I have always had. And that is not going to change.
105
The fact that something is actually understandable and relatable doesn’t mean that it’s unsophisticated or banal. It just means that it’s crystal-clear. And if you can’t explain it, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s so brilliant that ordinary mortals can’t fathom it. It might just mean that it makes no sense.
106
I think the whole issue of a debt ceiling makes no sense to me whatsoever. Anybody who is remotely adroit at arithmetic doesn’t need a debt ceiling to tell you where you are.
107
I have no sense of what I should or shouldn’t talk about. I just blather. Which is why it’s fun to write ‘Gossip Girl.’ I do tend to just talk about anything.
108
What annoys me about most self-help books is that they have no tragic sense. They have no sense that life is fundamentally incomplete rather than accidentally incomplete.
109
It makes no sense to have oil if to get it out you have to let the multinationals come and take it.
110
Like any other kid, I was trying so hard to fit in that school made no sense to me. I wasn’t attending class; I was trying to hang out in the caf with the cool kids. I was always trying to be cool.
111
I don’t find these technical things like flowers and chocolates romantic at all. I think Valentine’s Day makes no sense.
112
Some people feel that what we’re doing makes no sense, that it’s just a waste of money. But it’s working.
113
That was one of the lessons I had to learn – just relax and play. Don’t worry about what’s happened in the past; don’t worry what’s going to happen in the future. You are playing a game you dreamed your whole life about playing. There’s no sense in ruining it by worrying or doubting.
114
There is no sense in getting excited by market cap because it is a tool.
115
I get braids all the time. You can’t tell me I’m acting black because I braid my hair. That makes no sense whatsoever.
116
Reducing the budget for Amtrak makes no sense unless the Administration is prepared to implement a reform strategy which can be supported by the budget request.
117
I do jiu-jitsu my whole life, so why would I try to stand and bang with Mike Tyson? I’m going to learn boxing in six months because my opponent is good in boxing? That makes no sense.
118
It makes no sense to introduce an agreement with border restrictions or tariffs.
119
I’m not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.
120
The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
121
Excellence is the accumulation of hundreds of minute decisions; it is execution at the most granular level. Once you accept the idea that you should give in to things that make no sense because other people do those things and you want to appear reasonable, you are on a path towards mediocrity.
122
I’m a ‘Harry-Potter’-till-I-die kind of person. Those are the movies I grew up on. I was like, ‘Why would I want to watch any other movies when there’s ‘Air Bud’ and ‘Harry Potter?” It makes no sense why I have to expand my movie-viewing experience when I have two really wonderful films.
123
I don’t get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there’s no sense in getting upset. And I don’t get upset over things I can’t control, because if I can’t control them there’s no sense in getting upset.
124
I have no sense of myself as a sex symbol at all. But the meaning of sex symbol might be a little different in Japan to elsewhere. The Japanese version seems to come with a stronger emphasis on a sort of grownup or mature male charm. And if that’s the case, then I guess I’m happy to hear it.
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That makes no sense for someone to say if they were drafted by their country, that they’d say no.