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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.


Jane Austen

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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way
JANE AUSTEN If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN You don't remember people you love by the wise things they say but the silly things they do.
HOWARD JACOBSON The best things in life are silly.
SCOTT ADAMS The best things in life are silly
SCOTT ADAMS If you make a mistake on defense, (Dulles) will make you pay for it. We just did some really silly t...
DAVID PEAVY People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unj...
E. B. WHITE Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's...
RUSSELL HOBAN Most people are too silly to be truly interested in any thing. They herd together like cattle, and d...
FRANK R. STOCKTON Being silly is still allowed, not excluded by adulthood. What's excluded by adulthood is thoughtless...
HANK GREEN Yes, they are pretty silly sometimes,
BRENDA GREENE Even while starting out I took things very seriously; I wasn't the sort of kid that would do a d...
KRISTEN STEWART When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.
OZZY OSBOURNE You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
QUEEN LATIFAH I know I'm not God, are you? Don't be silly.
God? God? Everybody's God? Don't be silly.
ALLEN GINSBERG Very few people run around and get amnesia and have comas and come out of them and do all the silly ...
ERIKA SLEZAK People are either silly asses, or ass*oles. Mostly, just silly ass*oles. Choose! Hard place, or hell...
FAKEER ISHAVARDAS In other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama
HARPER LEE If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.
VICTOR GARBER I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.
MAGGIE GRACE Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly aga...
MIKE MYERS I don't get embarrassed easily, and I do silly things all the time!
EMILY OSMENT There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If t...
ELON MUSK How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel!
DODIE SMITH Some comedies, they want you falling on your face and doing silly things.
JASON STATHAM I tell stories. I kind of stumbled on that by trying to combine Jane Austen and magic.
SUSANNA CLARKE No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
W. H. AUDEN People who say this is a 'take it or leave it' document, that there's a Monday deadline -- that's al...
ALEX MASKEY I started out with an idea that was really kind of silly. I liked the idea of four people sitting in...
FERNANDO EIMBCKE I think they're silly in a way that's absolutely undemanding,
JANET MASLIN I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as...
JILL SCOTT Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny...
J.M. BARRIE I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
J. K. ROWLING No great artist ever sees things as they really are, if he did he would cease to be an artist.
OSCAR WILDE No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
OSCAR WILDE No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
OSCAR WILDE People who say Jane or talk about Janeites revolt me. The sort that can walk with kings and not lose...
ANGELA THIRKELL No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
W. H. AUDEN Some things are so silly they have a certain brilliance to them. Other things, set as standards for ...
CRISS JAMI Washington is one of the few places they make money. They would be silly to give up an asset like th...
DARRYL JENKINS I won't let my best friends do silly,stupid,annoying,funny things
-WITHOUT ME!!!!!!!!!!
AZHLY ANTENOR Don't be silly, Dawlish. I'm sure you are an excellent Auror, I seem to remember you achieved 'Outst...
J.K. ROWLING I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced ...
LAURA MARLING I mean, Jane Wyman did a lot of silly parts for years and then all of a sudden went serious and was ...
CLEO MOORE One does silly things when one is twelve.
CASSANDRA CLARE I've been fortunate in that I never actually read any Jane Austen until I was thirty, thus spari...
CATHLEEN SCHINE In the past year I’ve learned that love can make you do crazy, silly, stupid, ridiculous things. A...
ALLIE EVERHART A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportu...
JANET JACKSON If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
TARYN MANNING My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which is a silly thing to say.
DIANE CILENTO I wanted to be free to try any silly thing I decided to do.
PAUL LAUTERBUR Don't be afraid to look silly.
TARA STRONG Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.
J. K. ROWLING If I tried to make money for a Jane Austen movie, I'd get laughed out of the office.
GEORGE A. ROMERO ('The Rules') are extremely silly, because a girl's gut reaction is not to behave that way.
JEANNIE LONG I know it's crazy to believe in silly things, but it's not that easy
KODALINE What silly people wits are! [Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]
PIERRE AUGUSTE CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS I know, I can't believe it's an American either. I can do the accent, they wouldn't have hired me if...
ANNE HATHAWAY Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze.
DARYL HANNAH You need to be silly to be funny.
WILLIAM SHATNER Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.
JANE AUSTEN Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Ninjas are silly. They are the flower fairies of gong fu and karate.
NICK HARKAWAY My mother was an exuberant, silly lady.
WILLIAM SHATNER Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
BARRY GIBB There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.
GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS She doesn't do the things heroines are supposed to. Which is rather Jane Austen's point - Fa...
SUSANNA CLARKE Even in the '70s, I used to think it was silly to stand around pushing and shoving to get your tradi...
ROBERT BRIGHT That's silly. Anybody who has ever been to a Republican convention knows things on the floor are hig...
ALLEN FREEMAN 'Have fun' is my message. Be silly. You're allowed to be silly. There's nothing wron...
JIMMY FALLON I grew up in an apolitical household. I never left the country. When I became an adult, I started tr...
JESSE EISENBERG Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?"

"For the liveliness of your mind,...
JANE AUSTEN Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summari...
TRACY CHEVALIER You either choose this method of passing the evening because you are in each other's confidence, and...
JANE AUSTEN Sixth graders are great; they come in with such enthusiasm. They don't mind being silly and dressing...
GWEN PEQUETTE It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans.
ROBERT LYND Like Wollstonecraft, Austen rejects the notion that ‘man was made to reason, woman to feel.’ Per...
EMILY AUERBACH Don't be afraid to look silly.
TARA STRONG I'm the ayatollah of the Jane Austen fan base! I want to lead the fan base, not be attacked and ...
WHIT STILLMAN I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets t...
VAL MCDERMID Don't be afraid of silly ideas.
PAUL ARDEN Hysteria is impossible without an audience. Panicking by yourself is the same as laughing alone in a...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK People are anxious to balance the budget, to reduce the deficit, and to do some sensible things abou...
JOHN MURRAY It's just great to be in a place where there is so much political rhetoric. As long as they have con...
DANIELLE FOX A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. ...
C.S. LEWIS I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL I got a lot of flack when the book came out, from people who thought the subject was silly.
JULIA SZABO We just like making people happy. It's okay to dance at our shows, it's okay to act silly. It's okay...
SEVERIN BOZUNG I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen i...
ANNE STEVENSON I am a zizzer zazzer zuzz as you can plainly see.
DR. SEUSS Have you seen my Kung fu lately? Cause it has gotten totally awsome!
GERARD WAY Sometimes I wave to people I don't know. It's very dangerous to wave to someone you don't know, beca...
MITCH HEDBERG I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store...
MITCH HEDBERG Some people are like Slinkies - not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile whe...
MITCH HEDBERG Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back.
NIGERIAN PROVERB Nerds are like slinkys. Not good for much, but they put a smile on your face when you push them down...
CASEY COOPER But I made one really silly mistake...it's hard to get too mad about that stuff.
BODE MILLER Ohhh, I LOVE dim sum! What is it?
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JANE AUSTEN If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.
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JANE AUSTEN Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
JANE AUSTEN Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
JANE AUSTEN To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
JANE AUSTEN Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
JANE AUSTEN I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, wi...
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JANE AUSTEN ...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
JANE AUSTEN [I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.
JANE AUSTEN Angry people are not always wise.
JANE AUSTEN I am worn out with civility. I have been talking incessantly all night, and with nothing to say. But...
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JANE AUSTEN I have been used to consider poetry as "the food of love" said Darcy.

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JANE AUSTEN We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked...
JANE AUSTEN There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison
JANE AUSTEN I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
JANE AUSTEN To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect
JANE AUSTEN There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My cour...
JANE AUSTEN I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. N...
JANE AUSTEN Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.
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JANE AUSTEN There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, whic...
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JANE AUSTEN ....how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard works, with all her ...
JANE AUSTEN What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited sketches, full of variety and glow? How could I p...
JANE AUSTEN Here I am once more in this scene of dissipation and vice, and I begin already to find my morals cor...
JANE AUSTEN Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. — It is not fair. — He has f...
JANE AUSTEN I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit.
JANE AUSTEN If I am a wild Beast I cannot help it. It is not my own fault.
JANE AUSTEN I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive.
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JANE AUSTEN To you I shall say, as I have often said before, Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at la...
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JANE AUSTEN To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plai...
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JANE AUSTEN ...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
JANE AUSTEN You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
JANE AUSTEN It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
JANE AUSTEN Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
JANE AUSTEN A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
JANE AUSTEN Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
JANE AUSTEN From politics it was an easy step to silence.
JANE AUSTEN There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
JANE AUSTEN I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
JANE AUSTEN Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerab...
JANE AUSTEN One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
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JANE AUSTEN One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
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JANE AUSTEN Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.
JANE AUSTEN Those who do not complain are never pitied.
JANE AUSTEN Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.
JANE AUSTEN In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
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JANE AUSTEN Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish prepara...
JANE AUSTEN Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.
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JANE AUSTEN You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have hear...
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JANE AUSTEN My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.
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JANE AUSTEN It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.
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JANE AUSTEN My good opinion once lost is lost forever.
JANE AUSTEN Till this moment I never knew myself.
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JANE AUSTEN I have not the pleasure of understanding you.
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And waste it's fragrance on the desert air.
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JANE AUSTEN I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
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JANE AUSTEN What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
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JANE AUSTEN There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
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JANE AUSTEN Her tears fell abundantly--but her grief was so truly artless, that no dignity could have made it mo...
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JANE AUSTEN Beware how you give your heart.
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JANE AUSTEN Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affect...
JANE AUSTEN You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any oth...
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JANE AUSTEN Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say...
JANE AUSTEN The advantages of natural folly in a beautiful girl have been already set forth by the capital pen o...
JANE AUSTEN We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
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JANE AUSTEN How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!
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JANE AUSTEN General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
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JANE AUSTEN Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circums...
JANE AUSTEN Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
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JANE AUSTEN You may ask questions which I shall not choose to answer.
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JANE AUSTEN She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should ...
JANE AUSTEN Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I ...
JANE AUSTEN I am excessively diverted.
JANE AUSTEN Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessn...
JANE AUSTEN Every thing nourishes what is strong already.
JANE AUSTEN