Foolish Quotes - Page 23

• 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 can say a foolish thing, a fool can say something wise.

  Vincent Bugliosi

  Wise, Men, People

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• The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.

  Carroll Quigley

  Party, Years, Ideas

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• A fool and his money are soon married.

  Carolyn Wells

  Money, Italian, Fool

  Carolyn Wells (1912). “The Lover's Baedeker and Guide to Arcady”

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• The Unconscious Civilisation There is a certain terrifying dignity to the big ideologies. With the stroke of an intellectual argument the planet is put in its place. Only the bravest or the most foolish of individuals would not become passive before such awe inspiring destinies.

  John Ralston Saul

  Destiny, Political, Intellectual

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• Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves in vision as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action. Between these two the wise ones chose aright; the foolish not so.

  Zoroaster

  Life, Wise, Two

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• My mother had a look on her face that I'll never forget. It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing Bing, for being so foolish as to think she could use faith to change fate.

  Amy Tan

  Mother, Fate, Thinking

  Amy Tan (2006). “The Joy Luck Club”, p.130, Penguin

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• Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

  Sophocles

  Life, Love You, Deeds

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• Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word.

  Caspar Weinberger

  Agreement, Talking, People

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• Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did.

  Christine de Pizan

  Men, Foolish Man, Opinion

  Christine De Pizan (1982). “The Book of the City of Ladies”, New York : Persea Books

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• The foolish rush to end their lives.
  Only the steadfast soul survives.

  Christine de Pizan

  Inspirational, Soul, Ends

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• Condemning all women in order to help some misguided men get over their foolish behaviour is tantamount to denouncing fire, which is a vital and beneficial element, just because some people are burnt by it, or to cursing water just because some people are drowned in it.

  Christine de Pizan

  Men, Fire, Order

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• We do not believe in government through the voting booth. The Spanish national will was never freely expressed through the ballot box. Spain has no foolish dreams.

  Francisco Franco

  Dream, Believe, Government

  "Spain: Voters Say 'S". content.time.com. June 27, 1977.

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• In all of history, we have found just one cure for error—a partial antidote against making and repeating grand, foolish mistakes, a remedy against self-deception. That antidote is criticism.

  David Brin

  Mistake, Errors, Self

  David Brin (1999). “The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us To Choose Between Privacy And Freedom?”, p.10, Basic Books

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• Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.

  Herbert Hoover

  United States, Economic, Lack Of Confidence

  Herbert Hoover (1934). “March 4, 1929, to October 1, 1931”

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• When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing - a vice little known heretofore in the American army - is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect "that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly."

  George Washington

  Fashion, Sorry, Army

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• A practical scheme, says Oscar Wilde, is either one already in existence, or a scheme that could be carried out under the existing conditions; but it is exactly the existing conditions that one objects to, and any scheme that could accept these conditions is wrong and foolish.

  Emma Goldman

  Oscars, Anarchy, Wilde

  Emma Goldman (1969). “Anarchism: And Other Essays”, p.49, Courier Corporation

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• Now I find that in a state of pure obedience the mind learns contentment in appearing weak and foolish to that wisdom which is of the world; and in these lowly labors, they who stand in a low place and are rightly exercised under the cross will find nourishment.

  John Woolman

  Mind, Contentment, World

  "The Journal of John Woolman".

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• It is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone, particularly in economics.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Believe, Thinking, Long

  John Maynard Keynes (2006). “General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money”, p.7, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of the globe.

  J. C. Ryle

  Simple, People, Stories

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• We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. So acknowledging foolishness is always a very important and powerful experience. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen properly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool. There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are extremely close. When we are really, truly fools, when we actually acknowledge our foolishness, then we are way ahead. We are not even in the process of becoming wise — we are already wise.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Wise, Powerful, Distance

  "The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa".

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• The moral thing I should wish to say to them is very simple; I should say: "Love is wise - Hatred is foolish." In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other.

  Bertrand Russell

  Wise, Love Is, Hatred

  YouTube Channel "RationalOutlet"/"Bertrand Russell - The Wisest Man", www.youtube.com. May 28, 2010.

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• True perfection has to be imperfect. I know that sounds foolish, but it's true.

  Noel Gallagher

  Perfection, Sound, Imperfect

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• The wise are balanced, and the foolish are extreme.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Wise, Extremes, Balanced

  Sakyong Mipham (2012). “Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind”, p.82, Harmony

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• The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

  Mark Twain

  Money, Rich, Poor

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.20, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• We were not foolish enough to try to make a currency [backed by] gold of which we had none, but for every mark that was issued we required the equivalent of a mark's worth of work done or goods produced ... we laugh at the time our national financiers held the view that the value of a currency is regulated by the gold and securities lying in the vaults of a state bank.

  Adolf Hitler

  Lying, Views, Laughing

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