Facetiousness Quotes & Sayings

It is commonly the case with technologies that you can get the best insight about how they work by watching them fail. — Neal Stephenson

No man, ever indulged more freely or happily in that playful facetiousness which gratifies all without wounding any. — William Wilberforce

Nothing happens if you don't hit "send! — Scott Jordan

To be able to design for the plus-sized consumer, for me, that's just beyond. It's a dream. — Khloe Kardashian

That is a transgenic animal. If he escapes he may transmit his genes to other parrots. — Michael Crichton

When you tolerate mediocrity, you get more of it. — Frank Sonnenberg

Language is artificial, but our feelings are natural, inner, and universal. There are many languages, but feelings are the same for everyone. We can only describe it in different ways. A poet tries to sing the song of these feelings in different tunes with different music mixing with the inner emotions of the reader. — Debasish Mridha

You don't have to listen to those mean girls. They're just there to make you upset and make you feel bad about yourself. And you know, inside, they feel bad about themselves too. But they don't wanna admit it to anybody. — Amanda Seyfried

Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations. — Ban Ki-moon

Well I've seen travel in many waysI've traveled in cars and old subwaysBut in Birmingham some people choseTo fly down the street from a fire hose.Doin' some hard travelin' ... from hydrants of plenty. — Phil Ochs

Perfect date material, she thought. A vampire with the social equivalent of road rage.
Beth about Wrath — J.R. Ward

I wish I was better at art. I love some of the great artists of the 19th century and, compared to them, I just feel I lack this technique that they had. They have so much skill. — Hayao Miyazaki

Being a high school teacher was wonderful, but unsustainable: I needed a way out. — Garth Greenwell

Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt. — Isaac Barrow