Emraan Hashmi

I used to do films for money earlier. I never knew what perception meant. I didn't give too much attention to scripts. It was either to buy a house or to buy a car. There was a certain frivolity to the way I used to pick up things. I wasn't taking my career seriously.

Indian Actor

Jonathan Miller

You spend ten years of your life being trained to do one thing, and you're being taught to think that it's the most serious thing that anyone could possibly do, and then suddenly you find yourself doing something that in some respects is the epitome of frivolity.

British Entertainer

Saint Basil

Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one's emotions, and of failure to repress the soul's frivolity by a stern use of reason.

Greek Saint

Ivo Graham

Comedy is such a frivolous world that it can make you addicted to the frivolity, and then a lot of people don't settle down and are still in that non-specific age maturity bracket.

English Comedian

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity, sleeping in the cold night's arms.

Spanish Dramatist

Italo Calvino

Thoughtful lightness can make frivolity seem dull and heavy.

Italian Journalist

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Roman Statesman

Bill Griffith

American Cartoonist

Frivolity often implies a lighthearted or carefree attitude that might not be taken seriously.

Tone of Frivolity

Use 'frivolity' with caution in formal or professional settings as it may be seen as irresponsibility.

In Professional Contexts

Frivolity can carry a negative connotation, suggesting silliness or lack of maturity.

Negative Connotation

What one considers frivolity might be important to someone else.

Subjective View

Attitudes to certain activities as frivolity can change over time.

Historical Change

Frivolity isn't always negative; it can provide a needed break from seriousness.

Occasional Use

 But I came from a modest immigrant family where my idea of luxury was having a pork tongue and jelly sandwich in my school lunchbox, so the thought of spending my whole life sitting around in armchairs just thinking Well, that struck me as the height of extravagance and frivolity.