Silly

Famous quotes containing the word silly:

“America how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood?”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)

“No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“What a vast traffic is drove, what a variety of labour is performed in the world to the maintenance of thousands of families that altogether depend on two silly if not odious customs; the taking of snuff and smoking of tobacco; both of which it is certain do infinitely more hurt than good to those that are addicted to them!”
—Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)