Albert Camus Quotes

Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.

Albert Camus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960

Topics

LifeJoyDefeatLivingMoreBottom

Pictures of entire lives, of the choices that people make and how those choices work out for them, those pictures are almost impossible to get.

Robert J. Waldinger

WorkPeopleImpossibleChoicesOut

The absence of state capacity - that is, of the services and protections that people in rich countries take for granted - is one of the major causes of poverty and deprivation around the world.

Angus Deaton

PeopleWorldRichPovertyTake

Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such crimes, prosecuting the company would inevitably punish, directly or indirectly, the many employees and shareholders who were totally innocent.

Jed S. Rakoff

EmployeesInnocentCompanyGetWould

I was like the class clown in school so I guess I would say I did like the attention. In church I did a lot of plays, my mother made me play characters, do a lot of drama and acting, trying to become someone else. So it helped me create who I am, to create Snoop Dogg.

Snoop Dogg

MotherSchoolI AmMeChurchActing

Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year.

Simon Cowell

FuturePainBossStartYearYou

If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters.

Shirley MacLaine

FamilyWalkPeaceWillMattersAway

If I were ever to grace the pages of 'Vogue,' I would want my image retouched because the audience is so vast. There is great vulnerability in being exposed to that many judging eyes. I feel no small amount of guilt over this willingness to surrender my ideals.

Roxane Gay

EyesGreatGraceSmallFeelGuilt

A lot of people go through life thinking that they don't have any control, that life is just happening to them. But that's not true.

Jason Silva

LifePeopleControlThinkingTrue

When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.

Jonny Wilkinson

CloudsMeYouBecomeSearchingAir

I'm just happy to be doing what I always wanted to do. Sometimes you have to remind yourself how privileged you are.

Colin Morgan

YourselfHappyDoingYouSometimes

Every day is not perfect.

Brett Favre

DayNot PerfectEvery DayPerfect

I have never restricted myself to my strengths and abilities, as they are unlimited, and I am still discovering them.

Arjun Kapoor

MyselfI AmNeverStrengthsStill

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