Trivial Quotes

401 quotes by 348 authors

In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial. — Richard Armour
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction,… — Isaac Asimov
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects… — Teresa of Avila
I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of… — Charles Baudelaire
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people… — Max Beerbohm
We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy… — Gael Garcia Bernal
There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also… — Niels Bohr
Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary… — Niels Bohr
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes. — Julius Caesar
A warrior takes responsibility for his acts, for the most trivial of acts. An average man acts out his thoughts, and never takes responsibility for… — Carlos Castaneda
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial. — Irvin S. Cobb
There is only one solitude, and it is vast, heavy, difficult to bear, and almost everyone has hours when he would gladly exchange it for… — Rainer Maria Rilke
And yet the motives of women are so inscrutable. You remember the woman at Margate whom I suspected for the same reason. No powder on… — Arthur Conan Doyle
My God, what do we want? What does any human being want? Take away an accident of pigmentation of a thin layer of our outer… — Shirley Chisholm
Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been… — Andrew Weil
Deep down, all of us are probably aware that some kind of mystical evolution is our true task. Yet we suppress the notion with considerable… — Tom Robbins
To make this trivial world sublime, take half a gram of phanerothyme. — Aldous Huxley
Many a profound genius, I suppose, who fills the world with fame of his exploding renowned errors, is yet everyday posed and baffled by trivial… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. — William James
As I look back upon my life, I see that every part of it was a preparation for the next. The most trivial of incidents… — Margaret Sanger

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