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Facetious Quotes


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"I have shocking teeth... I`m being a little facetious-I just went to the dentist the other day, and he looked at my teeth and went, `Oh, my God, you`ve got gray teeth.`"

- Hugh Jackman

Stanley Kubrick was a great artist. I say this all the time and people think I`m being facetious. I`m not. Kubrick was a guy who obsessed over details and did 100 takes, and you know, I don`t feel that way. If I`m shooting a film and it`s 6 o`clock at night and I`ve got a take, and I think I might be able to get a better take if I stayed, but the Knicks tipoff is at 7:30, then that`s it. The crews love working on my movies because they know they`ll be home by 6.

- Woody Allen

You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.

- Sydney Smith

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

- Alexis Truchan