Quotes of: Being-silly Keyword

Now, it’s true that some of the protesters are oddly dressed or have silly-sounding slogans, which is inevitable given the open character of the events. But so what? I, at least, am a lot more offended by the sight of exquisitely tailored plutocrat...

Paul Krugman

Anything which begins new and fresh will finally become old and silly. The educational institution is certainly no exception to this, although training the young is by implication an art for old people exclusively, and novelty in education is allied ...

Shirley Jackson

Downloading's the same as what I used to do. I used to tape the charts of the songs I liked [off the radio]. I don't mind it. I hate all these big, silly rock stars who moan. At least they're fuckin' downloading your music, you cunt, and paying atten...

Liam Gallagher

Celestia laughed wickedly. "Danny is your BBB, silly. I’d never ask you to marry him." "BBB?" Now she had to learn abbreviations? She didn’t have the patience to deal with this tonight. "Bodyguard, Blood Bag, and cover Boyfriend." Celestia counte...

Jami Brumfield

Daniel: I mean, everybody and their momma knew you don't just come up and talk to Miles Davis. I mean, he may have looked like he was chilling, but he was absorbed. This one hip couple, one of them tried to shake his hand one day. And the guy says, "...

Collateral

Kevin McCallister: The third floor? Kate McCallister: Go. Kevin McCallister: It's scary up there. Kate McCallister: Don't be silly; Fuller will be up in a little while. Kevin McCallister: I don't wanna sleep with Fuller. You know about him, he wets t...

Home Alone

[Gauri is walking away in tears, Bhuvan shouts after her] Bhuvan: Hey Gauri! There's only one house in the village with a neem tree in the yard. There's also a big field beside it. There's some chickens, two cows, and three goats. And I know whose ho...

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Susan Walker: There's no such thing as giants. Fred Gailey: What about the one Jack killed? Susan Walker: Jack? Jack who? Fred Gailey: Jack from "Jack and the Beanstalk". Susan Walker: I never heard of that. Fred Gailey: Sure you have. You must have ...

Miracle on 34th Street

Joe Bradley: Tell you what. Why don't we do all those things, together? Princess Ann: But don't you have to work? Joe Bradley: Work? No. Today's gonna be a holiday. Princess Ann: But you want to do a lot of silly things? Joe Bradley: [He takes her ha...

Roman Holiday

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

Indian

Being around lots of people drains me, and alone time is essential to my well-being.

Alice Greczyn

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

Paul Tillich

Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being.

Paul Tillich

There's a difference between being posh and being rich.

Kate Reardon

If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.

Moon Unit Zappa

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.

Peter Carey

The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever.

Gilbert Gottfried

Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.

Noah Baumbach

Anybody can be going from being broke to being wealthy, as I did.

Jon Lovitz

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

Billy Crystal

When you feel overwhelmed, you’re trying too hard. That kind of energy does not help the other person and it does not help you. You should not be too eager to help right away. There are two things: to be and to do. Don’t think too much about to d...

Thich Nhat Hanh