Silly Quotes

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  I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Kings, Children

  Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

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• Living without Laughing isn't living. Be silly. Be honest. Be Kind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Laughing, Be Kind, Honest

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• If you can't convince them, confuse them.

  Harry S. Truman

  Witty, Business, Teaching

  Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2003). “Miracle of Forty-eight”, p.139, SIU Press

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• If silly things were not done, intelligent things would never happen.

  Tom Peters

  Intelligent, Done, Ifs

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  There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.

  Amy Poehler

  Life, Hilarious, I Hate You

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• Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

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• If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Success, Witty

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• Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.

  George Carlin

  Inspirational, Funny, Travel

  George Carlin (2007). “The Best of Brain Droppings”, p.52, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Inspirational, Education, Dream

  "Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 50e), 1980.

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• There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

  John Fowles

  Stupid, Intelligent, Race

  "Daily Telegraph", August 15, 1991.

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• It is one of my rules in life, never to notice what I don't understand.

  Wilkie Collins

  Wilkie Collins (1874). “The Moonstone: A Novel”, p.54

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• Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

  Horace

  Love, Inspirational, Happiness

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• A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.

  Pam Brown

  Friendship, Weather, Phones

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• The best things in life are silly.

  Scott Adams

  Inspirational, Stupid, Things In Life

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• Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

  David Mitchell

  Inspirational, Funny, Inspiring

  David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.320, Random House

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• Committee - a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.

  Milton Berle

  Hilarious, Men, Groups

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• In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly.

  Janis Joplin

  Hurt, Like Me, Ifs

  Source: blankonblank.org

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• The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

  Voltaire

  Funny, Hilarious, Mean

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• I am of a different mind ten times in the course of a day. But I resist the devil, and often it is with a fart that I chase him away. When he tempts me with silly sins I say, 'Devil, yesterday I broke wind too. Have you written it down on your list?

  Martin Luther

  Wind, Yesterday, Mind

  Martin Luther (1967). “Table talk”

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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, Heart, Feelings

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• Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.

  Len Deighton

  Mistake, Creative, Activity

  LEN DEIGHTON (1967). “AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE”

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  Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

  Carl Jung

  Funny, Depression, Witty

  Quoted in the Observer, 19 Jul 1975.

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• I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money from each other, to devour their infamous cookery, to gulp their unwholesome beer, to dream their insignificant and silly dreams. They trespassed upon my thoughts.

  Joseph Conrad

  Dream, Beer, Sight

  Joseph Conrad (2006). “Heart of Darkness and Other Stories”, p.122, Collector's Library

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• Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you.

  Virginia Foxx

  Stupid, Fools Day, Fool Me Once

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. November 6, 2009.

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• When I see a 9/11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh shut up' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining.

  Glenn Beck

  Stupid, Sick, Complaining

  "Fox News' rabid propagandist Glenn Beck has lured me to America". www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2009.

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