Trivial Quotes

401 Trivial quotes by 339 unique authors

He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us afraid, or when… — Oscar Wilde
The problem of reconciling human suffering with the existence of a God who loves, is only insoluble so long as we attach a trivial meaning… — C.S. Lewis
The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before… — Iain Banks
It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray. — Rachel Carson
We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality. — Oscar Wilde
We recognize that there are no trivial occurrences in life if we get the right focus on them. — Mark Twain
You're a mean old man, Your Grace." "And that is the way it should be." Roial informed. "Mean young men are trivial, and kindly old… — Brandon Sanderson
Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising. — Edward Abbey
Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion… — Jane Austen
The touch of an infinite mystery passes over the trivial and the familiar, making it break out into ineffable music... The trees, the stars, and… — Rabindranath Tagore
People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice. — Charles Bukowski
No religion I ever encountered made any sense. None are consistent. Most gods are megalomaniacs and paranoid psychotics by their worshippers' description. I don't see… — Glen Cook
Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance.… — C.S. Lewis
Barren, barren and trivial are these words. But not barren the experience. — Olaf Stapledon
Because, as we all know, it’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent,… — John Cleese
when all of life becomes crowded with profound and weighty matters, making time to engage in trivial things becomes an even greater priority. — Galen Beckett
...by and by a change came: I started to muse about the shape of my nose. I put my trivial surroundings aside and mused more… — Tove Jansson
In that six months, so much happened that death seemed, primarily, inconvenient. The trial period was extended. I seem to keep extending it. There are… — Marya Hornbacher
I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I… — John Muir
Human beings are naturally flawed when it comes to time and memory. The past is forgotten, or it is believed bad things will not recur,… — Kristen Britain
If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation.… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
And somewhat as in blind night, on a mild sea, a sailor may be made aware of an iceberg, fanged and mortal, bearing invisibly near,… — James Agee
Imagine a life-form whose brainpower is to ours as ours is to a chimpanzee’s. To such a species, our highest mental achievements would be trivial.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
It was understood that they shared the same thresholds--the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial things, for driving… — Galt Niederhoffer
In our daily lives, where we're bombarded by the fake and the trivial, reading serves as a way to stop, shut out the noise of… — Maureen Corrigan

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