Frivolous Quotes

134 Frivolous quotes by 123 unique authors

If humankind - from humble farmers in the fields and toiling workers in the cities to teachers, people of independent means, those who have reached… — Camille Flammarion
There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It's your life, and… — Marcia Wallace
The origins of graph theory are humble, even frivolous. — Unknown Author
I've come to believe that seeking happiness is not a frivolous pursuit. It's honorable and necessary. And most people forget even to thing about it. — Goldie Hawn
We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union. — Adam Weishaupt
When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. — Seneca the Younger
There are two impulses in theatre: to be frivolous or to make rules. — Unknown Author
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men. — Martial
Despite what our modern society would have you believe, the Witch within you is not dangerous, but protective. She is not frivolous, but exceedingly accurate… — Laurie Cabot
I don't have the luxury of making clothes just to make an effect. It can't be something totally frivolous, because my distributors have to have… — Anna Sui
Let hunger sharpen your awareness. Abstain liquor and frivolous recreation, which dull the mind and weaken the body. — Unknown Author
The ear is profound, whereas the eye is frivolous, too easily satisfied. The ear is active, imaginative, whereas the eye is passive. When you hear… — Robert Bresson
Medicine may be defined as the art or the science of keeping a patient quiet with frivolous reasons for his illness and amusing him with… — Gilles Menage
He's the best of us. The best of our best, the best that each of us will ever build or ever love. So pray for… — John Steakley
The life we led was a proof of man's capacity for adaptation.I think that even the condemned souls in purgatory after time develop a sort… — Arthur Koestler
A policeman in plain clothes is a man; in his uniform he is ten. Clothes and title are the most potent thing, the most formidable… — Mark Twain
The combination of a frivolous form and a serious subject immediately unmasks the truth about our dramas. — Milan Kundera
In my serious work I am striving for the essence of things and for goals which are possibly unobtainable. On the other hand, everything humorous… — Philippe Halsman
I learned that to be amusing was not to be frivolous and that language - always the language - was the magic key as much… — Christopher Hitchens
Fashion is not frivolous. I am a businesswoman, a very serious person. — Donatella Versace
If you can take something as ultimately frivolous [as a comic book] in the cosmic scale of things in the universe and what's important -… — Matt Fraction
The frivolous work of polished idleness. — James Mackintosh
Even in the things that look most frivolous there has to be the threat of something quite painful to make the comedy work. I suppose… — Michael Frayn
Jargon is the verbal sleight of hand that makes the old hat seem newly fashionable; it gives an air of novelty and specious profundity to… — David Lehman
Society is infected with rude, cynical, restless, and frivolous persons who prey upon the rest, and whom no public opinion concentrated into good manners, forms… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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