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“Modern critics, who refuse to let a plain thing alone, have now started a theory that Cervantes's work is a vast piece of "symbolism." If so, Cervantes didn't know it himself and nobody thought of it for three hundred years. He meant it as a satire upon the silly romances of chivalry.”

Ifs Knows Years Romance Three Pieces Modern Theory Hundred Critics Refuse Silly Satire Symbolism Chivalry

Book:Leacock on Life

Source: Leacock on Life

“When scientists need to explain difficult points of theory, illustration by hypothetical example - rather than by total abstraction - works well (perhaps indispensably) as a rhetorical device. Such cases do not function as speculations in the pejorative sense - as silly stories that provide insight into complex mechanisms - but rather as idealized illustrations to exemplify a difficult point of theory. (Other fields, like philosophy and the law, use such conjectural cases as a standard device.”

Source: Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms

“Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.”

Earth Pieces Theory Habit Silly Flying Gravitation

Book:Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)

“It is a little theory of mine that has much exercised my mind lately, that most of the problems of this silly and delightful world derive from our apologising for those things which we ought not to apologise for, and failing to apologise for those things for which apology is necessary.”

World Mind Littles Problem Failing Mines Theory Ought Silly Apology Delightful Apologising

Book:Moab is My Washpot

Source: Moab is My Washpot

“No one thinks anything silly is suitable when they are an adolescent. Such an enormous share of their own behavior is silly that they lose all proper perspective on silliness, like a baker who is nauseated by the sight of his own eclairs. This provides another good argument for the emerging theory that the best use of cryogenics is to freeze all human beings when they are between the ages of twelve and nineteen.”

Thinking Humans Use Age Loses Human Beings Share Theory Perspective Behavior Argument Sight Silly Enormous Twelve Emerging Freeze Suitable Nineteen Bakers Silliness Eclairs

Author:Anna Quindlen

“Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women - that somewhere along the line they'll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen.”

Men Happens Beautiful Turns Actors Lines Chance Watches Stupid Theory Monsters Silly Movie Beautiful Women

Author:Salma Hayek

“...By a 'silly' theory I mean one which may be held at the time when one is talking or writing professionally, but which only an inmate of a lunatic asylum would think of carrying into daily life. ... It must not be supposed that the men who maintain these theories and beliefs are 'silly' people. Only very acute and learned men could have thought of anything so odd or defended anything so preposterous against the continual protests of common sense.”

People Thinking Men Writing May Mean Belief Common Talking He Man Theory Silly Common Sense Odd Protest Daily Life Lunatic Asylums Inmates Lunatic Asylums Silly People

Author:C. D. Broad

“The theory is that if you take interest rates negative, people are going to say, "That's a silly game! I'm not going to lend my money to governments who want me to pay them. I am going to go into the stock market where I can get positive returns!"”

People Ifs Want I Can Government Games Interest Pay Theory Return Negative Rate Silly Want Me Negative People Interest Rate

Author:Mohamed El-Erian