Trent Franks

The notion that the levels of radiation would be damaging to human life is preposterous. It's simply not true. It is a political claim more than it is a scientific claim. THAAD has been a thoroughly tested system, and it has been extremely effective.

American Politician

Laurie Simmons

My subject has always been women. And I don't want to sound, like, preposterously idealistic, but I would like, in my lifetime, to experience a world where women, all kind of women, can connect and support each other.

American Artist

Alvin Adams

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.

American Businessman

Stephen Hopkins

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

Jamaican Director

Lionel Shriver

Reality doesn't have to be plausible. Reality can be as preposterous as it pleases.

American Journalist

Michael Madsen

BloodRayne' was an abomination... It's a horrifying and preposterous movie.

American Actor

Pete Holmes

The idea of saying 'the handsome Pete Holmes' is preposterous.

American Comedian

George Packer

It seems preposterous now, but Amazon began as a bookstore.

American Novelist

Tommy Lee Jones

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.

Jackie Mason

Used to describe something so extreme, it's hard to believe.

Exaggeration

Conveys strong feelings of disbelief or disapproval.

Emotionally Charged

Can be serious criticism, not just something laughable.

Not Always Humorous

 who don't have even a single city that would be willing to welcome them. But the amazing thing about cities is they're worth so much more than it costs to build them. So we could easily supply the world with dozens, maybe hundreds, of new cities. Now this might sound preposterous to you

Paul Romer: The world's...

 that made no economic sense?" "Your Honor, the gentleman has quite the imagination. That bank was just a way for rich Yanks to get richer. And all that money panic was caused when British banks raised interest rates and cut lending. To blame it on the President is preposterous, I say."

History vs. Andrew...

 and knowing what I'm going through. So I have three daughters, which they, you know, they try to take care of their daddy, so it really helps. But my wife is extremely supportive, and we do things together. I mean, I work a preposterous amount of hours a day,

Dr. Anthony Fauci: Is...

 The truth is that neither rules nor incentives are enough to do the job. How could you even write a rule that got the janitors to do what they did? And would you pay them a bonus for being empathic? It's preposterous on its face.

Barry Schwartz: Our loss...

 People have talked about it a lot, and they've said good and bad and indifferent things about it. What I want to persuade you of today is of a very simple claim, which is that these debates are in a certain sense preposterous,

Kwame Anthony Appiah: Is...

 the second class poppers of the UN system at the time the proposal was made it was greeted with incredulity by some and derision by others the United Nations create a new agency sixty years later preposterous except that as a

Advocating for gender...

 embraces the many-worlds interpretation of quantum theory, because the worst that you can say about it is that it's preposterously wasteful. It postulates a vast and rapidly growing number of universes existing in parallel,

Why the universe seems...

 On many levels it was a preposterous journey, foolish, or even wrong headed I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere. It was also beautiful and symbolic. That with a relative trickle, we can bring a river back to life

Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...

 i was lying just on the ground and i probably hadn't been in a deep sleep but i've been dozing and there was a scrapper kelly and making this preposterous noise

A Collection Of Spring...

 probably hadn't been in a deep sleep that having been dozing and there was a Scaparrotti alien making this preposterous noise it just started to

Preposterous

Exaggeration

Emotionally Charged

Not Always Humorous

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