It is not enough for us to merely continue to talk about and contribute to the echo chamber of white noise of what’s wrong with America or for candidates to spout off silly poll-tested talking points about national security or foreign policy. – Ron DeSantis
Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn’t in us. It’s almost as if we’re put here on earth to show how silly they aren’t. – Russell Hoban
I like surprising my audiences, and it’s compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take myself quite too seriously. – Rachel Tucker
My turn on ‘Letterman’ turned out to be a blast. The audience were delightful, and they lapped up my silly Kiwi humour. Even the big man himself came over to shake my hand after my set. – Rhys Darby
It’s silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas. – Ronald Reagan
What bothered me most about chick lit, frankly, was how the term was used to dismiss a huge chunk of the bookstore as silly, girlish prattle. – Rachel Sklar
For years after ‘The Last Waltz,’ I got all kinds of silly movie offers – or, maybe, not silly, but parts that are not my calling… lots of offers to play some wonderful boyfriend. – Robbie Robertson
I have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time. – Phil Donahue
Everybody who’s anybody has been competitive and over-sensitive and a bit silly. Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They’re jealous of Justin Timberlake. I’m sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase. – Robbie Williams
I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks – all kinds of silly products – but I tried to make the commercials different. – Renny Harlin
At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer. – Tanith Lee
I think I always wanted to be an actor – sounds a bit boring, doesn’t it? And I pretended once that I wanted to be a vet because one of the teachers asked me and saying you want to be an actor sounds a little bit silly. And I do still feel a bit silly saying it. You feel a bit fraudulent. – Sophie Thompson
Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed. – Tom Conti
Sitcom hours are silly easy compared to drama. Whenever an actor on a sitcom complains, I feel like smacking them! – Tricia Helfer
Anyone can write a story based on the kind of horror where you see a guy in car and then there’s the bad guy in the back seat. It’s infantile to rely on that for telling a story. That’s like going to bed and thinking there’s a monster under your bed. It’s silly. – Sergio Aragones
England is strictly class-based. What’s surprising is how many films are still made with a load of people in silly frocks running around gardens and talking in middle-class accents. – Stephen Daldry
Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It’s all a bit silly. – Will Thomas