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The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics


Jonathan Alter

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DANA CARVEY Nothing is more silly than silly laughter. [Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]
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OSCAR WILDE It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal
OSCAR WILDE Modelling is a silly, crazy business.
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CASEY COOPER But I made one really silly mistake...it's hard to get too mad about that stuff.
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LAUREN-E I think it's going to be silly not to take the competitive threat seriously. If we haven't learned a...
RICK WAGONER It's a joke. Let's face it. It's a joke. I don't want all that silly stuff.
JIM LEYLAND I'm glad that it was a good goal and not a silly goal.
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ROBERT BRIGHT I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated instit...
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GRETA GARBO You silly twisted boy.
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TARA STRONG Their charge is frivolous and silly, ... This was a personal transaction that did not require disclo...
JON CORZINE We know it's very early days and no-one here is making any silly claims,
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JONATHAN SWIFT Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same positi...
JONATHAN SWIFT And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, ...
JONATHAN SWIFT I warrant you lay abed till the cows came home.
JONATHAN SWIFT Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.
JONATHAN SWIFT Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.
JONATHAN LARSON Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
JONATHAN SWIFT There's an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never ...
JONATHAN RABAN What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I ...
JONATHAN KATZ