“If you do things merely because you think some other fool expects you to do them, and he expects you to do them because he thinks you expect him to expect you to do them, it will end in everybody doing what nobody wants to do, which is in my opinion a silly state of things.” IfsThinkingWantEndsStatesOpinionFoolSilly Book:Selected Short Plays Source: Selected Short Plays
“There's a general consensus of opinion that people in love are apt to look silly -- except to each other.” PeopleLooksOpinionSillyConsensus Book:Vanishing point Source: Vanishing point
“To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman genius is required. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all error, but from silly error.” SimpleOpinionMankindGeniusErrorsSimplicityVariousFoolishSillySuperhuman Book:The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
“Nothing's true that I say, because I don't really want to say anything. I don't think my life's that cool, and I don't think my opinion's that valid. They're just silly jokes. Usually I just take a topic that isn't funny at all, like Shakespeare, and work backwards. I just try to find an unfunny subject.” ThinkingWantTryingOpinionSubjectsJokesSillyTopicsSay AnythingBackwards Author:Bo Burnham