Silly Things Quotes - Page 3

• It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.161, Courier Corporation

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• From the beginning, I've had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say - and I've learnt that they're meaningless, and they're mostly inaccurate. So I don't worry about it, because there's nothin' for me to deal with.

  Alicia Keys

  Silly, People, Worry

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• Dancing is, in itself, a very trifling and silly thing: but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes obliged to conform; and then they should be able to do it well. And though I would not have you a dancer, yet, when you do dance, I would have you dance well, as I would have you do everything you do well.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Dance, Silly, People

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• You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero!... I don't quite know what that is: but, you see, I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.

  Romain Rolland

  Hero, Silly, Men

  Romain Rolland (1938). “Jean Christophe”

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• You young men of the priesthood, resolve to live the way you should. Don't be caught up in some of the silly things that are going on in the world, but bear in mind what has been given to you.

  David B. Haight

  Silly, Men, Mind

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• I never had any lessons. When I first started playing I used to read music. I was very interested in music. But when I started playing in groups I did a silly thing and dropped it. It's great if you can write things down.

  John Bonham

  Silly, Writing, Groups

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• In foreign countries they fear baldness. They are so rich in foreign countries, they can afford to fear all kinds of silly things.

  Rohinton Mistry

  Country, Silly, Kind

  Rohinton Mistry (2010). “A Fine Balance”, p.246, Vintage

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• When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things. I did it (the O-Z-Z-Y tattoo across his knuckles) when I was 14. I was in jail for something. I could have had it removed, but why? It's my trademark. People stop me and say, 'Let me have a look at your hand.'

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Tattoo, Stupid, Silly

  Launch Magazine, October 30, 1998.

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• A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you'd say, 'That's what a child would do.

  Gene Wilder

  Children, Stupid, Silly

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't get embarrassed easily, and I do silly things all the time!

  Emily Osment

  Silly, Embarrassed

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• Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.

  Paul Giamatti

  Silly, Playing Dress Up, Acting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Silly, Food, Wine

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• What a silly thing love is! It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything and it is always telling one things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true.

  Oscar Wilde

  Believe, Silly, Love Is

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.104, Wordsworth Editions

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• What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.

  William Saroyan

  Lonely, Silly, America

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• Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

  Jane Austen

  Silly, People, Done

  1816 Emma, ch.26.

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• Even while starting out I took things very seriously; I wasn't the sort of kid that would do a doll commercial or do a series for Nickelodeon. They asked me to do silly things, and I wasn't a silly kid.

  Kristen Stewart

  Silly, Kids, Dolls

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• If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.

  Red Skelton

  Smile, Silly, Heart

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• I never wanted to make a graphic novel. As soon as you become a 'writer,' you have to be intelligent all the time... I like the fact that I have the right once in a while to say silly things.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Silly, Intelligent, Facts

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• You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.

  Queen Latifah

  Smart, Silly, Sometimes

  "Queen Latifah Addresses Serious Issues with Life Support". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. February 26, 2007.

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• It is always the silly things that remind me

  Alexandra Potter

  Silly

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• Oh dear," said Sarah anxiously, "I do wish he wouldn't do these silly things." I'm sure we all wish that, Sarah," said Marcia sternly. "But unfortunately he has progressed rather further than the silly stage. Evil-minded-scheming stage is more what I would call it.

  Angie Sage

  Silly, Evil, Wish

  Angie Sage (2012). “Flyte: Septimus Heap Book 2 (Rejacketed)”, p.347, A&C Black

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• Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier to ignore them if you're saying silly things yourself.

  Pseudonymous Bosch

  Silly, Talking, People

  Pseudonymous Bosch (2012). “If You're Reading This, It's Too Late: The Secret Series”, p.98, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• One is always willfully absurd.... If one does not say silly things with a purpose, then he is merely an idiot.

  Galen Beckett

  Silly, Doe, Purpose

  Galen Beckett (2010). “The House on Durrow Street”, p.206, Spectra

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• What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.

  Oscar Wilde

  Philosophy, Believe, Silly

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Best of Oscar Wilde”, p.164, Jaico Publishing House

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• Oh, do you have A Tale of Two Cities?" "That silly thing? Men going around getting their heads chopped off for love? Ridiculus." Will unpeeled himself from the door and made his way toward Tessa where she stood by the bookshelves. He gestured expansively at the vast number of volumes all around him. "No, here you'll find all sorts of advice about how to chop off someone else's head if you need to; much more useful.

  Cassandra Clare

  Silly, Men, Doors

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