Quotes about silly
Cassandra Clare -
One does silly things when one is twelve.
Jesse Ball - The Curfew
I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor.
Billy Collins - The Apple that Astonished Paris
though they know in their adult hearts,even as they threaten to banish Timmy to bedfor his appalling behavior,that their bosses are Big Fatty Stupids,their wives are Dopey Dopeheadsand that they themselves are Mr. Sillypants.
kayser U -
Everything happens for a reason but sometimes the reason is because you are stupid
Kate Sherwood - Dark Horse
..., and sometimes there's just no point in arguing with him. "Yeah, okay 'me, Jeff, and Evan, sitting in a tree...'"Chris claps his hands triumphantly. "That's right, baby!" Than a more serious expression comes across his face. "But, in a tree? Really? I mean, im a not an expert on the gay sex thing, but I think the first time at least you should be on the ground..." And then the evening continues on as expected.
Toba Beta - Master of Stupidity
Smartass Disciple: Three years! I've listened you preaching just for this silly truth?Master of Stupidity: Who said I was preaching? Who said anything about the truth?
Paula Danziger -
Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.
Dan Howell -
You know, people ask me. They say 'Dan, three years later do you really want to be drawing cat whiskers on your face?' but they don't understand. The cat whiskers, they come from within.
Phil Lester -
I've been embarrassing myself since about birth.
Moryah DeMott - Timeless
You had me believing that I was crazy. Every time I broke down over what seemed like nothing, it was you.’ Bade ran an anxious hand through his hair.‘Well, that’s love isn’t it?’ Davina took his restless hand. ‘Love is crazy and irrational, and anything less would be boring.
John D. Rhodes -
Never dance in a puddle when there's a hole in your shoe (it's always best to take your shoes off first).
Lloyd Alexander - Westmark
Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.
Stephan -
Awesome ends with me but Ugly starts with u...
Clémentine Beauvais - Les petites Reines
Valérie: "You know, you don't need to be a lesbian to be a feminist. Nor do you need short hair to be a lesbian. Or a feminist.""Yes, but helps, doesd't it?" Astrid counters
M. Beth Bloom - Drain You
We weren't really friends yet, just knowers of each other's secret stuff.
Derek Landy - Death Bringer
How are we going to get out of here?""Oh, escape is easy once you have the right
Hilary McKay - Saffy's Angel
They arrived home again to a most peculiar sight. The small garden at the front of the Banana House had been transformed. A tidal wave of cushions, beanbags, quilts, hearth rugs, and sleeping bags appeared to have swept up the lawn and broken at the wall. From Indigo's window a multicolored rope of knotted bedsheets came snaking out and ended among the cushions. As Micheal and Caddy watched, a mattress emerged and fell to the ground, followed by a rain of pillows."Indigo!" shouted Caddy, jumping
Margo T. Rose - The Words
Oh stupid, silly, awkward me;Will I never, ever see?People babble, speak, and talk;All I can do is stand and gawk!
David Eddings - Crystal Gorge
I thought the trees down in Lady Zelana’s country were about as big as a tree could get,” he said, “but the ones around here are so tall that they probably tickle the moon’s tummy when she goes by.
Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth
Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?
Natalya Vorobyova -
For me to forgive my ex, he would have to sign a marriage contract with his tears and seal it with his blood.
Alanis Morissette -
When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.
Scarlett Finn -
Can I quote myself...? Oh wait, I think I just did.
Lily Tomlin -
Just remember, we're all in this alone.
Kevin Bacon -
I've been in silly movies and romantic movies and historic movies.
Gia Coppola -
There is always something I gain from watching a movie, whether it's a silly romantic comedy or an art film.
Greta Garbo -
I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.
Steve Maraboli - Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
There is something beautiful about watching two people lovingly act silly together behaving as though no one else existed.
Michel de Montaigne - The Complete Essays
No man is exempt from saying silly things the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Cher -
I love ghosts I prefer ghosts to some people.
Wayne Gerard Trotman -
I don't like zombie movies, they're just plain silly.
Rainbow Rowell - Carry On
Snow's table manners are atrocious - it's like watching a wild dog eat. A wild dog you'd like to slip the tongue.
Christine Brodien-Jones - The Glass Puzzle
Zoe's mom liked to send silly postcards that made her laugh, but they usually dwindled as the summer wore on.
Brandon Sanderson - Steelheart
Ear demons are totally real," Cody said. "They're what make microphones like these ones work. They're also what tell you to eat the last slice of pie when you know Tia wanted it.
Garth Nix - Superior Saturday
As it 'appens, I am Arthur's right-hand man," said Suzy. "Or left-hand girl, I can't remember where I stood last time. Anyhow, me and Arthur is like two fingers of a gauntlet. Or at least the thumb and the little finger. I mean, I'm his top General, and all. So if I say you're in, you're in.
Alfred North Whitehead -
The "silly" question is the first intimation of some totally new development
Derek Landy -
Just a few questions for you, Mr. Dunne. Or Kenny. Can I call you Kenny? I feel we've become friends in these past few seconds. Can I call you Kenny?
Michael Fassbender -
We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?
Elon Musk -
There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
Paula Poundstone -
I have a very silly sense of humor. I've never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.
Mathieu Amalric -
If you approach Cannes with a sense of humor, nothing is that bad. You have to take it for what it is; otherwise, it's silly.
Ronald Reagan -
It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.
Wallace Stevens -
Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!
Brian McGreevy - Hemlock Grove
We can't know if we laugh at ourselves for being silly or to forget that we're not and that we are still here only by a sufferance that can be no more predicted than appeased. Like most things, probably a little of both.
Helena Christensen -
Modelling is a silly, crazy business.
E.A. Bucchianeri -
Thought for the day: Twitter...140 character limit...must be a great tool for fortune cookie writers...
Lev A.C. Rosen - All Men of Genius
There is a safety mechanism in place [to ensure the perambulator doesn't turn back into a purse with a baby in it] : if anything weighing more than a pound and a half-about the weight of a three-volume novel-is in the carriage of the perambulator, it will not transform.
Amanda Hocking - Torn
Do you know much about the Vittra?""Some." He held out an orange slice to me. "Want some?""No, thanks." I shook my head. "How much is 'some'?""I meant like a slice or two, but you can have the rest if you really want.
Lemony Snicket - The Austere Academy
Yes, I know," Isadora said, and then read her poem, leaning forward so Carmelita Spats would not overhear:"I would rather eat a bowl of vampire batsthan spend an hour with Carmelita Spats."The Baudelaires giggled and then covered their mouths so nobody would know they were laughing at Carmelita."That was great," Klaus said. "I like the part about the bowl of bats.
Laura Elizabeth Richards -
Once there was an elephant,Who tried to use the telephant-No! no! I mean an elephoneHe tried to use the telephone-(Dear me! I am not certain quiteThat even now I've got it right.)Howe'er it was, he got his trunkEntangled in the telephunk;The more he tried to get it free, The louder buzzed the telephee-(I fear I'd better drop the songOf elephop and telephong!)
Libba Bray -
Robot. Is. Sad. Because silly bitch. Will. Not. Dance.
Crystal Woods - Dreaming is for lovers
I had a dream about you last night. We were in your old Civic. Nine Inch Nails was turned up on the stereo and I was taking pictures of you behind the wheel with my disposable camera. We went through the drive through at El Pollo Loco, placed an order for a hundred bucks worth of food, and then just drove off at the window. I miss being stupid with you.
Crystal Woods - Write like no one is reading 2
I guess I just grew up thinking that when we become adults, we get to do what we love. For work, for fun, forever. I don't know where I got that from. Seems silly now.
Rumi Antoinette -
What’s that around your neck?” asked Emily. “It’s a golden star.” Said Reed.“What did you get it for?”“Chemistry class.”“What’s the star for?” the shadow asked, Usually stars represent a straight A student. “You get it for having greatness. But Emily doesn’t know what that is.” He said, answering the shadows question and looking at Emily. “Greatness, what’s greatness?” Emily asked, all wide eyed, and clueless looking“It’s when you do really awesome stuff, and people recognize you for it.”“Oh, no
Debalina Haldar - The Female Ward
Ragging at its most harmless is embarrassing and silly, but at its worst, it attempts to prevent individual students from independent thinking, attempts, in fact, to eradicate freewill
Michael Bassey Johnson -
I begin to feel this tension when things that doesn't worth attention are the things that attracts attention
Natalya Vorobyova -
I love my ex so much I printed out all his pictures. After all, I need him for target practice. And I just love customised toilet paper and doormats. My only regret is that those items don't bear his autograph.
Richelle E. Goodrich - Making Wishes
It's okay to be absurd, ridiculous, and downright irrational at times; silliness is sweet syrup that helps us swallow the bitter pills of life.
M. Beth Bloom - Drain You
As the middle child of the Laurel Canyon Adams Family, Whit was surprisingly chill on the subject of ampire-vays.
J.M. Richards - Dark Streak of Lightning
He’s a vampire.” I laughed again, feeling there was no end to the outrageous, ridiculous excuses we were coming up with. “Seriously, it makes sense. He’s always tired and pale, and keeps himself away from people so he won’t bite them....Maybe that’s what he’s doing when he disappears. Getting his fix of blood.
Aashutosh Murthy -
I crack jokes and do silly things not so that people laugh on me but because of me.
Lemony Snicket - The Austere Academy
In between bites of banana, Mr. Remora would tell stories, and the children would write the stories down in notebooks, and every so often there would be a test. The stories were very short, and there were a whole lot of them on every conceivable subject. "One day I went to the store to purchase a carton of milk," Mr. Remora would say, chewing on a banana. "When I got home, I poured the milk into a glass and drank it. Then I watched television. The end." Or: "One afternoon a man named Edward got
Bella Bancroft -
Ok.. So are you goin’a let him bluetube your tweeter?
P.S. Berryman -
I think he fucked me stupid"- McKenzie Matthews- Being Beckett's
Patricia Briggs - Frost Burned
Yes," he said sincerely. "Such a one deserves peanut butter on the seat of his pants.
Bella Bancroft - The Ladies who Launch
You know on crime shows where they put a sample in a machine, push a button, and it magics them up a description of what it is?”“Ahh yes. I’m familiar”“Like that, but with less magic” Amy squinted, blinked, and shook her head at the screen. “I take it back; this one might actually contain magic
Shel Silverstein - A Light in the Attic
Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before.
Derek Landy - The Dying of the Light
I... I don't, I don't think I can do this.""Do what?"It didn't answer."Do the tests?""I can't work with you when you're like this!" it blurted. "To every one of my specimens, I am the last thing they see! Terrror is what I am used to-- terror is what I like! I prefer my subjects to scream and beg, not ask to see results!""I'll scream my questions, if that helps.""It won't," it said sadly. "I'll know you're only trying to make me feel better.
Derek Landy - The Dying of the Light
Over his shoulder, she saw Skulduggery walk in. "Oh, hell," she muttered. Wreath's smile reappeared. "It's Skulduggery, isn't it?"Over his shoulder, she saw Skulduggery walk in. "Oh , hell," she muttered. Wreath's smile reappeared. "It's Skulduggery, isn't it?""Please don't annoy him.""Me? When have I EVER annoyed the great Skulduggery Pleasant?"Skulduggery arrived at their table. Wreath smile up at him. "Hello.""I will shoot you in the eye," Skulduggery said.Wreath glanced at Valkyrie. "I think
Uzoma Nnadi -
When you meet someone you want to know, be very careful on how you sit on the driving seat to examine that person because you may end up putting yourself on a serious examination. Sometimes people lose interest & walk away after a chat because of the type of questions & silly discussions you engage in. Sometimes your highest intelligence end up exposing your foolishness.
David C. Holley - Write like no one is reading
There are only a few things that are more entertaining than watching a cat trying to run across a freshly waxed wood floor after a ball.
L.M. Montgomery - Anne of Windy Poplars
Oh, Gilbert, don't let's ever grow too old and wise... no, not too old and silly for fairyland.
Cassie Graham - Unable to Resist
Stupid fate, you suck ass.
Derek Landy - Mortal Coil
Which college?''Hmm?''Which college do you go to?'Fletcher nodded. 'Yes.''I'm sorry?''Oh,' Fletcher said, and laughed.Valkyrie's parents looked at Fletcher in near bewilderment. Fletcher looked back at them in total bewilderment. Valkyrie shook her head.
Eric Mayes -
Have you ever been at a point that you don't know what to say? But yet you came up with this crazy idea to type this.
Rachel Sharp - A Word and A Bullet
We took off for the tree line, leaving the wounded soldiers to wonder how they'd been beaten by four misfits and a horse.
Julie Anne Long - How the Marquess Was Won
Jules could have sworn there was a devilish glint in the shopkeepers eye. 'I find today I am in need of a bonnet.'Mr. Postlethwaite was silent. And then his eyes crept toward the marquess's hairline.'It will be a gift for a woman, Mr. Postlethwaite.''Of course, sir.' The marquess wished the 'of course' sounded a bit more sincere. He'd scarcely been in the shop for more than three minutes and already his dignity was fraying.
Kate Sherwood - Dark Horse
Do you like my brother?" And there goes Dan's confidence. He keeps his eyes resolutely on the field. "Uh... yes? I mean... I think everyone likes your brother, don't they?" She leans over and gives him a little hip check. "No, you know what I mean. Do you /like/ him?" Dan just states out at the horses, hoping that one of them will do something, anything, to distract this girl from her question. But the horses just keep grazing and Tat continues. "'Cause he likes you. I mean, he likes Jeff, too,
Nenia Campbell - Touched with Sight
Hello, Mrs. Tran...I have David's homework. And if you ever want to see it again, you'll pay me the two million dollars I asked for.
Amanda Kelly - Shifting Shadows
I don’t recall either of you asking me, you know I’m a lady and I need to be asked and agree to it.
Criss Jami - Killosophy
Some things are so silly they have a certain brilliance to them. Other things, set as standards for brilliance and therefore exalted by many who don't know why, become tarnished because of it.
Ray Palla -
Why would a comediotic guy like Buzz Aldrin worry about who said what first? He was on the %$#@!+-oon!
Elizabeth Wallace - Mark Twain And The Happy Island
A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever.
Marcel Béalu - The Experience of the Night
Oh, how I longed to burst through the doors and go walking through the streets, with my hands open, like weapons!
J.R. Rim - Write like no one is reading 2
When people say there is no place like home, the first to agree are the homeless.
Julie B. Campbell - Finding Manda's Sunshine
Oh don’t be such a fuss pot,” said the fairy, “or I’ll call you Fussy Pants, instead of Silly Pants!
Sara Sampaio -
When it comes to beauty, I feel that hanging with people you love, laughing, and doing silly things gets your spirits up. We are always prettier when we are happier.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
William Shatner -
You need to be silly to be funny.
Claire Danes -
There was a solid year and a half, perhaps two years, after making 'Temple Grandin,' when I didn't do anything. I just didn't have much patience for roles that were silly, or light, or inconsequential.
Alfred Bester -
Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.
Jennifer Lopez -
I grew up in the Bronx where you would stay up late with your girlfriends, just being silly in our bedrooms, whatever. And I was always the clown.
Scott Adams -
The best things in life are silly.
Diogenes -
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
Tim Heidecker -
My dad is a very quick-witted, sarcastic, dry, humorous guy, whereas my mom's very silly, and that side of the family is very musical.
John von Neumann -
It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years.
Will Thomas -
Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly.
Richard Aldington -
Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.