Foolishness Quotes

392 quotes by 315 authors

A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are… — Robert Bloch
If you send a damned fool to St. Louis, and you don't tell them he's a damned fool, they'll never find out. — Mark Twain
If all the fools in this world should die, lordly God how lonely I should be. — Mark Twain
Nature, it appears, has been rather more bountiful to Paul's body and purse than to his intellect; above the ears, speaking bluntly, the boy is… — S. J. Perelman
[When thinking about the new relativity and quantum theories] I have felt a homesickness for the paths of physical science where there are ore or… — Arthur Eddington
Here we now have the freedom of all religions, and I hope that never again will we have a repetition of religious bigotry, as we… — Harry S. Truman
Atheistic evolutionists believe that nothing created everything - a scientific impossibility. It couldn't happen. So they redefine the word 'nothing' to mean 'something,' so that… — Ray Comfort
I feel sorry for the poor kids whose parents feel they're qualified to teach them at home. Of course, some parents are smarter than some… — Dick Cavett
Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as it… — Hermann Hesse
For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be… — Confucius
Yes, when you see for the first time, a great laughter arises in you - the laughter about the whole ridiculousness of your misery, the… — Rajneesh
ThereÂ’s no easier way to cure foolishness than to give a man leave to be foolish. And the only way to show a fellow that… — George Horace Lorimer
None is a fool always, everyone sometimes. — George Herbert
God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself… — Christina, Queen of Sweden
I don't think we will find a cure for all cancers in the next 50 years let alone 20. I think it's foolishness to say… — Robert Winston
In circumstances as dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that whilst every prudent measure should be taken to ward… — John Hancock
Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country… — Theodore Roosevelt
Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly. — Pythagoras
Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person's house. — Chanakya

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