Foolish Quotes
1118 quotes by 776 authors
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To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense
— Morton Blackwell
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It is not true that men prefer foolish women. Rather they prefer women who can simulate foolishness whenever necessary, which is the very core of…
— Paul Eldridge
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The fruit falls from the tree when it gets ripe. So wait for the time to come. Do not hurry. Moreover, no one has the…
— Swami Vivekananda
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet... [at least for your own…
— Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Before the beginning of brilliance, there must be great chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.
— Unknown Author
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That distrust which intrudes so often on your mind is a mode of melancholy, which, if it be the business of a wise man to…
— Samuel Johnson
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Women are of two sorts. Some of them are wiser, better learned, discreeter, and more constant than a number of men. But another and a…
— Unknown Author
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The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new thought…
— Ayn Rand
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We would be foolish and silly not to unite with people in the public health sector, the environmental community, [and] unions, to try to challenge…
— Wayne Pacelle
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As you get older there shouldn't be anything you won't try. The payoff is that you open up whole new avenues that are fun. It's…
— Malcolm Forbes
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To those who have no personal experience of this revolutionary aspect of Christian truth, but who see only the outer crust of dead, human conservatism…
— Thomas Merton
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I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV.
— Dan Fogelberg
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Like anybody, I like clothes, and I enjoy what I like to wear. We might have a difference in personal outfit choices. Some might not…
— G-Dragon
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To come to faith on the basis of experience alone is unwise, though not so foolish as to reject faith altogether because of lack of…
— Os Guinness
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We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.
— Edith Schaeffer
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The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow them.
— Diane Johnson
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Rules are foolish, arbitrary, mindless things that raise you quickly to a level of acceptable mediocrity, then prevent you from progressing further.
— Bruce Barnbaum
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Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.
— Og Mandino
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Rather than becoming obsessed with the evil around you, ask God to give you a fresh perspective to see how He can bring good out…
— Phil Waldrep
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Repentance always brings a person to the point of saying, “I have sinned.†The surest sign that God is at work in his life is…
— Oswald Chambers
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