Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.
I want politicians to be held to account for their politics and their principles, or lack of them, but I find it irritating that we have a culture where people are more interested in trivial gossip than substantive matters.
A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.
I think the problem with the word 'happiness' is that it sounds fluffy. It sounds like something trivial that we shouldn't be concerned with.
A poor self-image is the magnifying glass that can transform a trivial mistake or an imperfection into an overwhelming symbol of personal defeat.
John Rogers has an encyclopedic mind. Having John as our showrunner is the gift that keeps on giving. He knows more trivial information than anyone I've ever met in my entire life.
It's certainly possible to write fiction that isn't trivial and isn't what people would call political, but it is very hard to figure out how, because our ordinary lives have such a strong tincture now of the whole world.
I didn't grow up reading magazines; I was very much in an environment where that would have been deemed trivial, frivolous.
Everything important always begins from something trivial.
Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.
