Foolish Quotes

The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

Everyone who comes out does a very foolish thing in bringing such a quantity of clothes that he never wants.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.

I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

An actor would be foolish to do something that might hold up the picture, or more importantly incapacitate him. If an actor does do a stunt he needs to make sure a stunt man stands by to see that it's done correctly.

To pursue a so-called Third Way is foolish. We had our experience with this in the 1960s when we looked for a socialism with a human face. It did not work, and we must be explicit that we are not aiming for a more efficient version of a system that has failed.

I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools.

I sort of missed one big thing, to touch first base. I hope I didn't act foolish, but this is history.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the reason it's foolish is you've got a lot to be proud of.

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 foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if we're put here on earth to show how silly they aren't.

Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.