Conor Coady

They're great memories, not just as a footballer but as a person growing up - it sounds daft, but to come away from Liverpool to play the first-team football I needed. It's a fantastic place, a huge football club and they helped me a lot. I'm grateful for coming through there.

English Athlete

Steven Spielberg

We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there's nothing wrong with seeing if there's a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that's a little bit daft and edgy to life.

American Director

Helen Skelton

I was lucky to spend so long on 'Blue Peter' and 'Newsround' and if you are a bit giddy, like I am, a bit daft, like I am, and you are the kind of person who makes lots of public mistakes, like I do, then it's sometimes hard for people to take me seriously.

English Entertainer

Jane McDonald

When I was on 'Loose Women' I never thought you have to keep it light. I had my own view. It sounds daft, but I forgot that there were cameras there because I got very heated in discussions.

English Musician

James May

The shirt thing just started one day when I bought one with a really interesting pattern, and people laughed at it, so I thought, 'I'll keep buying daft shirts with flowers on.

English Journalist

Harriet Walter

I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.

English Actress

John Lydon

You'd have to be daft as a brush to say you didn't like Pink Floyd.

Russell Howard

Mum's side of the family are daft, beautiful and brilliant.

English Comedian

Thomas Bangalter

Daft Punk would not exist if there was no technology.

French Musician

Peter O'Toole

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

Irish Actor

Use 'daft' in casual conversations, not in formal writing or speeches.

Informality

'Daft' often suggests a lack of common sense or practicality in someone's actions.

Negative Connotation

While understood globally, 'daft' is more commonly used within the UK.

British Usage

'Daft' can describe someone who is intentionally being playfully silly for humor.

Playful Humor

When used among friends, 'daft' can be a light-hearted, affectionate tease.

Affectionate Tease

Accompany 'daft' with a smile or laugh to convey the playful tone it implies.

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 the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days. And I would add a cautionary note here, however. In my experience, there is something addictive about tasting life at the very edge of what's humanly possible. Now I don't just mean in the field of daft macho Edwardian style derring-do, but also in the fields of pancreatic cancer,

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 each time something came up if i was really excited by it if i was really passionate about it i gave it a go and there are lots of really good reasons some of those choices could have been really daft and were in retrospect but each time i made a daft choice it did

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