Foolish Quotes

A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? / The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. - Bible

A fifth-year senior quarterback cannot give the opponent a touchdown before the half. That's totally a foolish play we can't have. - Larry Coker

A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

99% of perception that normal humans have are closed off. Those who don't think of themselves are quite foolish beings. - Okabe Rintarou

[WTO General-Director Mike Moore appealed to activists to protest peacefully.] I believe a debate is good. I just hope it's peaceful... It's difficult to maintain a dialogue if people do foolish things that disrupt the flow of information and advice. - Mike Moore

[Well, we'll tackle that a bit later. Back to biography:] The only way of writing any kind of study, say the Thomas More one, is to so fully enter his sensibility that you become a part of it, and he becomes a part of you... In that process you begin to see the heart of his design. It would be foolish and unproductive to see it as a totally alien system of belief. Far better to enter it in a spirit of communion. - Peter Ackroyd

[Develop a contingency plan.] We tell clients, 'Don't be so foolish as to believe you'll never be successfully hit,' ... Develop a plan, so when things do go sour, you're ready. - Ben Venzke

[Despite the band's confident appearance and their strict belief in their fun philosophy, Romans admits the guys had real doubts about setting their sights on music careers.] When we started out, we were like, 'Are we out of our minds? Are we foolish? Are we completely mad?' But, no, I think at this point we're ready to do it. But it is kind of scary. ... It's definitely very unreal. Like today -- we're gonna do Conan O'Brien ; times like that you're like, what ? - Ben Romans

[As for the] blur ... I can't allow one of my films to go out that way; it would be foolish. And given what the scene is about, it would be very distracting. - Atom Egoyan