Sillily Quotes & Sayings

If decorum allowed, she would take tea at the hotel. Once inside, she might run into a rich northern gentleman who had ridden in this very coach. If only she could touch something colored blue for luck before entering the building! "Touch blue and your wish will come true." That, along with the rabbit's foot she always carried in her pocket, would almost ensure such a meeting. — Karen Cecil Smith

We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list. — Tony Dungy

There is no Pris," he said. "Only Rachael Rosen, over and over again. — Philip K. Dick

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others. — Alexander Hamilton

Beware of those bearing grief in comprehensible words. — John Mateer

A lizard, resting in the shade of the anthill, studied Atkinson with interest, tilting its head this way and that. Atkinson studied it in return. A small, dull brown animal, usually it would not catch Atkinson's attention, but under the circumstances it became a thing of beauty. — Martin Marais

Which word when pronounced right is wrong but if pronounced wrong is right? The word wrong. — Phineas T. Gildersleeve

Regardless of our circumstances, we always have a choice. We can choose more of the same; or we can recognize this moment is different and that we can be different, too. — Lori Deschene

You're right in a way," he said. "But only an idiot sits in a burning house and thinks everything is fine because fruit is still sweet. — Patrick Rothfuss

Learning to stop sweating the small stuff involves deciding what things to engage in and what things to ignore. From a certain perspective, life can be described as a series of mistakes, one right after another with a little space in between. — Richard Carlson

The power is in you. The answer is in you. And you are the answer to all your searches: you are the goal. You are the answer. It's never outside. — Eckhart Tolle

Take rather than give the tone to the company you are in. If you have parts you will show them more or less upon every subject; and if you have not, you had better talk sillily upon a subject of other people's than of your own choosing. — Lord Chesterfield