Quotes About Trivia

Thanks to postmodernism, we tend to see all facts as meaningless trivia, no one more vital than any other. Yet this disregard for facts qua facts is intellectually crippling. Facts are the raw material of thought, and the knowledge of significant facts makes sophisticated thought possible.

'Ready Player One' has it all - nostalgia, trivia, adventure, romance, heart, and, dare I say it, some very fascinating social commentary. The novel follows Wade Watts through the virtual reality world, the OASIS, and on a quest to uncover and unlock the secrets buried deep inside.

I know all the words to Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire.'

If you surveyed a hundred typical middle-aged Americans, I bet you'd find that only two of them could tell you their blood types, but every last one of them would know the theme song from The Beverly Hillbillies.

I actually worked on the pilot of 'The Chase' and wrote the questions on it.

I have failed 'Star Wars' trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms that I've never heard of.

If we had the true and complete history of one man - which would be the history of his head - we would sign the warrants and end ourselves forever, not because of the wickedness we would find within that man, no, but because of the meagerness of feeling, the miniaturization of meaning, the pettiness of ambition, the vulgarities, the vanities, the diminution of intelligence, the endless trivia we'd encounter, the ever present dust.

God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.

I don't know why my brain has kept all the words to the Gilligan's Island theme song and has deleted everything about triangles.

I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

cracked a grin. Evidently, I wasn't the only one with a penchant for childhood trivia. Why shouldn't I have a barbecue with him? Barton's was hardly a "date" restaurant—we'd be lucky to get a booth. Besides, he was the talkative type, and I had always suspected that my mother's news of Wharton was filtered for my benefit. A fresh perspective could prove interesting. "Okay.

I watched some serious '80s television. 'Alice,' 'Good Times,' 'The Jeffersons,' 'Family Ties,' 'Cheers'... every night it was eat dinner, watch 'Cheers.' I was actually on 'Jeopardy' with Rebecca Lobo and Dot Richardson, and we were laughing because I was just nailing every random '80s trivia question - sitcom, theme music, movie, you name it.

There was a time when watching a cartoon was a nurturing experience. You would watch a Warner Bros. cartoon, and at the end of it you could probably win 'Jeopardy.'

I racked my brain trying to remember the names of all of Nut's five children. Bit difficult without my brother, the human Wikipedia, around to keep track of such trivia for me.

Even the vegetable kingdom knows that excellence comes from an environment of excellence (e.g. what the lotus relies on is pure, so impurity cannot stain it; what the cinnamon depends on for its existence is lofty, and thus it will not be weighed down by trivia), how can humans who understand the great relations not search for well-being by following well-being?

Death cures psychoneurosis. In a sense all these neurotic concerns--fear of rejection, interpersonal concerns--seem to melt away, and people get another perspective on their lives. The important things are really important, and the trivia of life is trivialized.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.

Did you know that rats can't vomit?" "Okay, enough. No more rat trivia.

My husband] can beat most anyone in Trivial Pursuit, but only because the game does not include questions like "Where is your wallet?

On 'The Chase,' I don't know what questions are going to appear, so they deliberately try and catch me out.

She also told me about the night one of her astrophysics friends went to a bar trivia contest where the final question was "What does Kelvin measure?" The winning answer was "heat," but her friend explained that Kelvin measures temperature, not heat, since heat is energy and is measured in energy units like joules or ergs. The astronomer refused to back down, until the battle had to be settled with a chug-off. These astro people are hard-core.

Daily Law: Remember that greater control over events will come from realistic assessments of the situation, precisely what is made most difficult by a brain submerged in trivia. The Laws of Human Nature, 6: Elevate Your Perspective—The Law of Shortsightedness

What's new?" is an interesting and broadening eternal question, but one which, if pursued exclusively, results only in an endless parade of trivia and fashion, the silt of tomorrow. I would like, instead, to be concerned with the question "What is best?