Foolish Quotes

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Life is but a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. — Mark Twain
It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example. — Don Meyer
Experience seems to convince us that only fools trust, that only fools believe and accept all things. If this is true, then love is most… — Leo Buscaglia
Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the… — Charles Hodge
And to stick our head in the sand and pretend that we are somehow safer if we do not know or to pretend we are… — Mac Thornberry
The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The world is not religious because religion is imposed upon us. The parents are in a hurry to impose; the church, the state, the country… — Rajneesh
Remember, character is not of much value. What is valuable is consciousness - not conscience but consciousness. Conscience is created by the society. The more… — Rajneesh
There are many examples of old, incorrect theories that stubbornly persisted, sustained only by the prestige of foolish but well-connected scientists. . . . Many… — Michio Kaku
How wayward is this foolish love that, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse and presently, all humble, kiss the rod. — William Shakespeare
A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so… — John Updike
Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if were put here on… — Russell Hoban
To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think. — William Cowper
The most important and visible outcropping of the action bias in excellent companies is their willingness to try things out, to experiment. If you wait… — Tom Peters
War has all the characteristics of socialism most conservatives hate: Centralized power, state planning, false rationalism, restricted liberties, foolish optimism about intended results, and blindness… — Joseph Sobran
Foolish liberals who are trying to read the Second Amendment out of the constitution by claiming it's not an individual right or that it's too… — Alan Dershowitz
The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative,… — William Makepeace Thackeray
You cannot stop smoking directly because it has many related things, implications. You are tense, and if you stop smoking you will start something else… — Rajneesh
All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his or her religious… — Chapman Cohen

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