Frivolity Quotes

48 quotes by 46 authors

These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
You're considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion....But I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity. — Sofia Coppola
The present Hindu society is organised only for spiritual men, and hopelessly crushes out everybody else. Why? Where shall they go who want to enjoy… — Swami Vivekananda
My idea of elegance â€“ and this refers to women as well as men â€“ is that someone is elegant when he or she shows… — Stefano Pilati
The same way that mid century modern architecture was in the 50s, I want to be as a human being. New. Different. Challenging the old.… — Jamie Lee Curtis
To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as… — Christopher Hitchens
We are being at once wisely aware of our own frivolity if we avoid hitting and whacking and prefer 'striking' and 'smiting'; talk and chat… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Seriously, I think it is a grave fault in life that so much time is wasted in social matters, because it not only takes up… — Philip Larkin
It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some effort. And unfortunately… — Imelda Marcos
The negro is indolent and a dreamer; spending his meager wage on frivolity or drink; the European has a tradition of work and saving, which… — Che Guevara
The ***** is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent. — Che Guevara
The blacks, those magnificent examples of the African race who have conserved their racial purity by a lack of affinity with washing, have seen their… — Che Guevara
Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something. — James Laver
O sancta simplicitas! What strange simplification and falsification mankind lives on! One can never cease to marvel once one has acquired eyes for this marvel!… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Frivolity is a stern taskmaster. — Bill Griffith
The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one of the most… — Henry Walter Bates
Lord, send Your life throughout the entire church. Visit Your church; restore sound doctrine and holy, earnest living. Take away from professing Christians their love… — Charles Spurgeon
I am a reasonable and sane functionalist tempered by irrational frivolity. — Alexander Girard

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