Foolish Thing Quotes
19 quotes by 18 authors
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He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one.
— John Wilmot
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Empty me of the selfishness inside, every vain ambition and the poison of my pride, and any foolish thing my heart holds to, Lord empty…
— Chris Sligh
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All things and all people in life have to sink or swim on their own merits, not their reputation; that just as a wise man…
— Vincent Bugliosi
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Everyone who comes out does a very foolish thing in bringing such a quantity of clothes that he never wants.
— William John Wills
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We've got great flexibility and a certain discipline in terms of not doing some foolish thing just to be active - discipline in avoiding just…
— Charlie Munger
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I'm a Democrat voting for Bush, even though on economic issues, from taxes to government regulation, I'm not happy with the Republican positions. But we're…
— Orson Scott Card
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It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; for this may be done by one great or wise action in an age. But…
— David Hume
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If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
— Anatole France
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Paul Edgecomb: What do you want me to do John? I'll do it. You want me to let you walk out of here and see…
— Stephen King
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Something in her brain that still remained calm told her that she was doing a very foolish thing indeed.
— Jean Rhys
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That would be locking the horse after the stable door is gone, a very foolish thing to do.
— Patrick O'Brian
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He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in which he had gone and done the…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.
— John Wilmot
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One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).
— Otto von Bismarck
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Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically. After all, when one thinks about it, it…
— Kazuo Ishiguro
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If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing.
— Phillips Brooks
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If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Dependency on others for your own happiness is most foolish thing to do.
— Anurag Prakash Ray
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Here lies our Sovereign Lord, the King Whose word no man relies on: He never said a foolish thing Nor ever did a wise one
— John Wilmot 2nd Earl Of Rochester
Who Wrote These Foolish Thing Quotes
18 authors contributed a total of 19 Foolish Thing Quotes as follows: