One is always willfully
One is always willfully absurd…. If one does not say silly things with a purpose, then he is merely an idiot. Galen Beckett
Silly
It is a silly
It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it … These are the highest-paid ‘professional’ women in America. Gail Sheehy
Sarah Palin is treated
Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they deserve. She acts silly and doesn’t know stuff. She didn’t even finish her term. Gail Collins
Ivy Hisselpenny was the
Ivy Hisselpenny was the unfortunate victim of circumstances that dictated she be only-just-pretty, only-just-wealthy, and possessed of a terrible propensity for wearing extremely silly hats. Gail Carriger
If a man is
If a man is in any sense a real mathematician, then it is a hundred to one that his mathematics will be far better than anything else he can do, and that he would be silly if he surrendered any decent opportunity of exercising his one talent in order to do undistinguished work in other … Read more
Mathematics is not a
Mathematics is not a contemplative but a creative subject; no one can draw much consolation from it when he has lost the power or the desire to create; and that is apt to happen to a mathematician rather soon. It is a pity, but in that case he does not matter a great deal anyhow, … Read more
Archimedes will be remembered
Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not. Immortality may be a silly word, but probably a mathematician has the best chance of whatever it may mean. G. H. Hardy
Do not entertain the
Do not entertain the notion that you ought to advance in your prayer. If you do, you will only find you have put on the brake instead of the acceleration. All real progress in spiritual things comes gently, imperceptibly, and is the work of God. Our crude efforts spoil it. Know yourself for the childish, … Read more
I think you know,
I think you know, to not open your mind to television is silly because there’s so much good work happening on television. Ewan McGregor
I went to SXSW
I went to SXSW in 2011. God, that was awful. I mean, I only went because my publisher wanted me to promote the book and the organizers invited me and it seemed silly not to go, especially for a relatively unknown first-time author. This is just not my cup of tea; the fewer such events … Read more