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Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.

John Locke
English empiricist philosopher (1632 - 1704)

If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.

Wittgenstein

It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years.

John Von Neumann (ca. 1949)

Genealogy is based on the obviously silly idea that there is no such thing as a bastard.

Nicolas Martin, Article c. 1995

The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.

William Feather
(1908 - 1976)

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

Michel de Montaigne
French essayist (1533 - 1592)

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

Jane Austen, Emma
English novelist (1775 - 1817)

If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian philosopher (1889 - 1951)

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.

Christopher Morley
US author & journalist (1890 - 1957)

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