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Foolishness Quotes (page 3)

You have been a very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free! I am no longer one of Mr. Pontelliere's possessions to dispose of or not. I give myself where I choose. If he were to say, 'Here Robert, take her and be happy; she is yours,' I should laugh at you both. Kate Chopin
Words do not express thoughts very well. they always become a little different immediately they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom to one man seems nonsense to another. Herman Hesse
William Shakespeare quote: "For what says Quinapalus? Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."
For what says Quinapalus? Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. William Shakespeare
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of..."
How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of inventing things to love, just so you could dread losing them. Barbara Kingsolver
Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a kind of freedom.Once you were thus convinced, you were foolish to open the door and let anyone in, not all the way in. You risked the hard-won equilibrium, that tranquility that you called peace Dean Koontz
He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder. Tad Williams
So, when on one side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other side, hoist in Kant's and you come back again; but in very poor plight. Thus, some minds for ever keep trimming boat. Oh, ye foolish! throw all these thunder-heads overboard, and then you will float light and right. Herman Melville
Frank Herbert quote: "Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous..."
Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous precision? Frank Herbert
When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, A foolish thing was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day. William Shakespeare
Benjamin Hoff quote: "You can't save time. You can only spend it, but you can spend..."
You can't save time. You can only spend it, but you can spend it wisely or foolishly. Benjamin Hoff
Come near, that no more blinded by man's fate, I find under the boughs of love and hate, In all poor foolish things that live a day, Eternal beauty wandering on her way. William Butler Yeats
I asked Dr. Seward to give me a little opiate of some kind, as I had not slept well the night before......I hope I have not done wrong, for as sleep begins to flirt with me, a new fear comes: that I may have been foolish in thus depriving myself of the power of waking. I might want it. Here comes sleep. Goodnight. Bram Stoker
Joe Klein quote: "Faith, unaccompanied by rigorous skepticism, is a recipe for..."
Faith, unaccompanied by rigorous skepticism, is a recipe for myopia and foolishness. Joe Klein
Is it not enough that we cannot make one another happy, must we also rob one another of the pleasures that any heart may permit itself now and then? And name me a person who in a bad mood will be decent enough to hide it, to bear it alone, without destroying the joy around him. Is it not rather an inner dissatisfaction with our own unworthiness, a dislike of ourselves that is always associated with envy aggravated by foolish conceit? We see people happy and not made happy by us, and that is... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Yet here one time your spirit was wont to move; Here might I hope to find you day or night, And here I come to look for you, my love, Even now, foolishly, knowing you are dead. Edna St. Vincent Millay

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