Rithy Panh

Evil has always been there; it's always a part of us. Evil is no big surprise. But what about the people who gave freely, who stood up for human dignity? Even in the most extreme and terrible situations, these acts of dignity existed. And for me, that is the banality of good.

Cambodian Director

Alan Dean Foster

Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal. Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That's where the real danger lies.

American Author

Douglas Sirk

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art.

German Director

Bono

You've gotta be very careful that grace and politeness do not merge into a banality of behavior, where we're just nice, sort of 'death by cupcake.

Irish Singer

Richard Flanagan

The 2007 Labor campaign was the most presidential in Australian history, with a slogan - Kevin07 - exceeded in its banality only by its success.

Australian Novelist

Christopher Lasch

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.

American Historian

Karan Mahajan

People love talking about the banality of evil and the fact that ordinary people do bad things. I actually want to stay away from that.

Indian Novelist

Derek Walcott

The older I get, the more aware I am of the banality and indifference of a place like Trinidad to any development of the arts.

Poet

Jason Alexander

There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.

American Actor

V. S. Naipaul

My life is short. I can't listen to banality.

Trinidadian Novelist

Banality refers to phrases or ideas overused to the point they lose originality or impact.

Overused Expressions

When something is a banality, it's so predictable that it's uninteresting.

Predictability

Banality carries a negative tone, suggesting lack of creativity or freshness.

Negative Connotation

 there can be dire consequences. Now we reproduce these patterns not in big, bold and blunt ways, but in the everyday banality of life. When my daughter was in preschool, every single morning

The power of women's...

 the sad truth is that most evil done in this world is not done by people who choose to be evil it arises from not thinking that's what we call the banality of evil and the response to

We need a "moral...

 logistics of putting this thing together you know and the banality of what they're trying to represent they're really stupid pictures but they took a