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Goofing Quotes

Light, playful lines about clowning around.

These quotes trace goofing around back to family roots, like a funny father and uncle whose antics got mimicked by the next generation growing up. Find more easygoing sayings under Age quotes.

When I was younger, my dad was making a music video for a band in Montreal. I was goofing around and being a ham. An agent was there and she was telling me, 'Hey, do you think you'd want to...

Quotes by Vanessa Lengies

My dad was a fiercely funny guy, and he and his brother would get on runs. So my younger brother and I were basically mimicking them when we started goofing off.

Quotes by Ty Burrell

I love goofing off and being awkward. I have always enjoyed improv.

Quotes by Sam Palladio

One of the things that make Liars so fascinating after five albums, each one so completely different from the others, is that even though they play around with all the classic tropes of art-damaged angst-noise perv-rock, they exude a totally...

Quotes by Rob Sheffield

Age Quotes

I keep getting asked out by really young, good looking boys and really ugly lesbians. So, even if I wanted to jump onto the tuna boat, I wouldn't because I'm not getting high-class babes that I should get at this...

Quotes by Lisa Lampanelli

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.

Quotes by Larry Wall

I've known I wanted to do this ever since I was a little kid and I used to get in trouble at church for goofing off all the time: mocking the preacher, imitating people and the things they did. I...

Quotes by Lamorne Morris

You've got something really angsty for me to play? Bring it on. Most of the time, I'm goofing around and doing impressions of people, so that's nice.

Quotes by Kieran Bew

We always mess around with riffs and stuff and kind of jam out during sound checks, but we never actually started playing covers live until we started goofing off a little bit more on stage.

Quotes by Johnny Christ

Always Quotes

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

Quotes by John Goodman

For all my 'Eddie the Eagle' goofing around before the camera while in training for the Calgary Olympics in 1988, I was never less than 100 per cent serious on every single jump.

Quotes by Eddie the Eagle

I was one of those weirdos who, at six years old, was telling everybody that I wanted to be an actor. I saw my sister in a play and realized that I wanted to play make believe in front of...

Quotes by Chris Wood

When I was young, I was working with people my own age, so it was kind of a lot of goofing around.

Quotes by Chad Michael Murray

I was always goofing around. I suppose having a father who was an actor made you think that it was a real possibility as a career.

Quotes by Brian Gleeson

Around Quotes

When I was little I used to dance and model and that was fun. But I was always the person that was goofing off and I would memorize every line in every movie that I saw. And at recess that's...

Quotes by Ashley Benson

I love being challenged, goofing off, and lots of passion.

Quotes by Alexis Ren

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these goofing quotes cover?
They're personal recollections of clowning around, often tracing the habit back to a funny parent or sibling and carrying it into adult life.
Do any quotes mention family influence?
Yes, one speaker credits a fiercely funny father and uncle whose antics got mimicked when the goofing off started.
Is music involved in any of these quotes?
Yes, one describes a band goofing off and jamming loosely during sound checks before it turned into part of the live show.
Do the quotes connect goofing around to being good with kids?
One entry says the speaker enjoys goofing around with kids because they feel at the same level as them.
Where can I find more playful, lighthearted quotes?
Browse Around and Awkward quotes for similar easygoing sayings.

Other lines show it carrying into adulthood, whether jamming loosely during sound checks or simply enjoying time spent goofing around with kids. See also Around and Awkward quotes.