Foolishness Quotes

392 quotes by 310 authors

You need a degree of foolishness to cause disruptive change in healthcare. Dare to dream. — Vinod Khosla
Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world — Joseph Campbell
Many of us have a tendency to forget the Gracious Hand which has preserved our nation, enriched it, strengthened it. Many of us imagine in… — Ezra Taft Benson
'Wars, factions, and fighting,' said Socrates as he looked forward from his last hour, 'have no other origin than this same body and its lusts...… — Socrates
Logic ridicules love, and love smiles knowingly at the whole foolishness of logic. — Rajneesh
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
I took my $100,000 and bought a new Corvette, a lot of cocaine, and spent the rest on foolishness. — George Jones
It is most cheering and encouraging for me to know that in the efforts which I have made and am making for the restoration of… — Abraham Lincoln
In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what… — Nicolas Gomez Davila
In the foolishness lies the danger. — Omar Torrijos
I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon you.… — Ray Bradbury
Foolishness is giving up without any effort or not giving up after putting in all your effort. Secret of freedom is putting all your effort… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit. — Leon Kass
I love to revel in philosophical matters-especially astronomy. I study astronomy more than any other foolishness there is. I am a perfect slave to it.… — Mark Twain
A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done. — Laozi
Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers… — William Shakespeare
I pray-for fashion's word is out And prayer comes round again- That I may seem, though I die old, A foolish, passionate man. — William Butler Yeats
And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly. — Sophocles
Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my… — Louisa May Alcott
My father used to say that if a man fools you once, he's a jerk. If he fools you twice, you're a jerk. Only he… — Ellen Goodman

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