When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music.
Some people become artists for whatever reasons. Some of it's frivolous. And I don't think there should be any shame on that, but I think there comes a point in life where you want to offer more.
Unfortunately, no matter how frivolous the lawsuit, you still, of course, have to pay people to defend you on it.
We all fall in love with someone for the person they are - not because of their race, their hair, or any of the frivolous things that go away in time.
In a weird way, fashion, which is frivolous to the core, shouldn't be taken seriously, but thank God people do: it makes for great people-watching.
I'm not interested in playing the field and all that stuff because frankly I'm not into frivolous relationships.
Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it.
Fashion is always seen as somewhat frivolous and self-indulgent. And I think people on the inside maybe don't see or understand how exciting and diverse a business it is.
If I have a 12 or 14 hour workday, I am home the next. I cut out anything that is frivolous or doesn't need to be done.
Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today.
Those jobs flee other states because of factors like excessive taxation, punitive regulation and frivolous lawsuits.
Every sexy joke of long ago, every flirtation, is being recalled by some women and revised and re-evaluated as sexual harassment. Frivolous accusations reduce, if not eliminate, not only communication between men and women but any kind of playfulness and banter... Where has the laughter gone?
I was very lucky to grow up in a household that really valued storytelling and didn't find it frivolous.
I'm not involved in light, frivolous matters. I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues.
I find awards frivolous. When I began my career, I was told that I deserved an award for a certain performance, but then I couldn't turn up on the day of the show. Then I was told that the award went to someone else. That's when I realised the truth behind it all.
Films about women and their concerns are seen as frivolous, limited and, most damaging of all, niche.
Because we had no money when I was growing up, when I started dancing, I wasn't allowed to be frivolous - my mum made me go to every lesson because she was paying for it.
I think my generation has had an unbelievably easy time profiting from the world that was made for us by our parents and grandparents. We are essentially a rather frivolous generation. The Blair government was my generation's shot at power. It had some good things, but it had some flaws.
Scientists who study play, in animals and humans alike, are developing a consensus view that play is something more than a way for restless kids to work off steam; more than a way for chubby kids to burn off calories; more than a frivolous luxury.
If you have to design something, choose things that we need as opposed to frivolous things that we might just want for a month or two for bragging rights.
Those who obstruct the Senate should pay a price in public notoriety and physical exhaustion. That would lead to a significant decline in frivolous filibusters.
There's this notion that artists are supposed to be dumb and frivolous. I completely disagree with that.
When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Evangelicals always assume that humor and faith are contradictory. It's OK to smile, to be nice, but not frivolous.
A lot of people still think caring about clothes is a dubious, unserious, frivolous, girlie thing.
The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished. It was considered frivolous.
