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A foolish man proclaimeth his qualifications; a wise man keepeth them secret within himself.

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

After 45 minutes of good concentration and smart football we started the second half very poorly. Giving the game away in the opening kickoff of the second half was very foolish and very poor play on our part.

One day I'm sure they'll keep one of these Mediterranean monstrosities to remember how foolish we all were.

Now, come on, it would be foolish for me to comment on it.

Anyone who sits at that table knows that if the Fed puts his head up in the midst of an election campaign when it's not necessary to do so, that would be a rather foolish thing to do. You don't want people shooting at you unnecessarily - you'd rather live to fight another day.

A line runs from the meditations of the heart to the words of the mouth. Themeditations are not clear to us until the mouth utters its words. If what the mouthutters is unclear or foolish or mendacious, it must be that the meditations are thesame. But the line runs both ways. The words of the mouth will become themeditations of the heart, and the habit of loose talk loosens the fastenings of ourunderstanding.

Your good lawyers realize that a good settlement is worth more than a good (jury) judgment. They don't appeal the settlement, and you get it quicker. If you can get just as much in six months with mediation as you're going to get in two years with a two- or three-week trial, you'd be foolish not to mediate the case.

This bill will enable the most aggressive and paranoid individuals in Kentucky to use deadly force anywhere against a presumed assailant. Passing the Shoot First law was a foolish mistake in Florida, and Kentucky is looking at repeating Florida's mistake.

This administration ignored warnings that we were not prepared to deal with the aftermath of the war in Iraq. They ignored warnings that we were not prepared to deal with the aftermath of a serious hurricane along the Gulf coast. And, just to maintain foolish consistency, they seem determined to move ahead with the most massive expansion of immigration in the history of mankind, in spite of warnings that we are not prepared to manage such a program.

They really are engaged in their own Manhattan project. And they are deadly serious about this. And it would be foolish to underestimate their capacity and their will here.

It's embarrassing. A lot of guys need to take a look in the mirror and quit taking those foolish penalties, which has been a problem all season long. It's going to have to stop in a hurry.

It seems to me to be a reckless and foolish act that is going to be very costly.

It's a streak that obviously is a pride thing, but it's not a life-or-death thing, ... We know that there are very few people, if anybody ever in history, that have been fortunate enough to go through a season unscored upon, and we're not foolish enough to believe that's going to happen to us. But obviously, you're playing hard to try to keep that.

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse -- why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!

It's foolish to say the finances don't look bleak. Of course, they do. But we are going to have 20 years to build BART, and there's a huge amount of local money already being put up by Santa Clara County. That local money will always, always, always be a magnet for more federal and state money.

It's foolish to jump the gun. The thing to do is wait until you actually see large caps outperform, because if you don't wait you can be a year early .

It's foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor

Don't be led astray by the oversimplified notion that proper use of the breathing apparatus will magically provide a panacea for all your vocal problems. To say that vocal technique is nothing more than breath control is as foolish as saying that a steam locomotive is nothing more than a boiler.

Education, n.: That which discloses the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Education. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Economic disasters or foolish wars are hardly guaranteed to bring about large-scale individual self-examination or renew the appeal of truly participatory democracy.

That it is dangerous for foolish young women to -- to -- to -- to get involved in things that are not --not where they should be involved,

I've got three basic, foolish thoughts today about taxes. Let's take it right off with number one, which is that I believe that there should be a long-term benefit to owning stocks.

Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion

It was a dreadful mistake, a foolish experiment,

It will be talked about in the campaign -- an opponent would be foolish not to bring it up -- but I don't think it's enough to put a strong incumbent in the 'vulnerable' category.

They caught us easing up. We got careless just long enough for them to take advantage within the 18-yard box. Just a foolish lapse for a moment and it cost us.

They've won two of the last three Super Bowls, so it would foolish of me to sit back and think they're not the favorite. If I was on the outside looking in, I'd say the same thing.

That?s exactly the reason you don?t leave a 1-year-old and a 4-year-old in a running car. Not only was that foolish to do common sense-wise, it?s against the law, endangering the welfare of a minor.

That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public

A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world.

I just can't see going into more debt for a recreation center. There's needs, wants and desires, and we need to take care of the needs. I think it's foolish to have more debt.

I made a terrible and foolish mistake that I will regret for the rest of my life.

In light of the hurricane devastation inflicted on the people in the Gulf Coast and its impact on our economy, it is foolish to be raising rates again, ... The price of fuel is surging upward, and Americans simply don't need another rate hike in the middle of a crisis -- they need relief.

I knew it was foolish of them to stay there, ... I saw how Gulfport had absolutely nothing left. I looked at pictures of where his house might be, but there was nothing there. I was sure he got swept out to sea.

I'm foolish enough to believe she's still alive.

I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.

I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book - though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.

I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book -- though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.

I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book ù though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.

I have no recollection of ever seeing Ms. Barrett's book - though it would be foolish of me not to consider the possibility that I might have seen it decades ago and that its structure and some of its language imprinted somewhere on my subconscious.

If you look at the big picture, I think the whole THG, designer drug scandal is a good thing for the sport, ... Every time someone gets caught I see that as a positive, because it is an effort to clean up the sport. We really have to look at drug use in sports, whether track and field or any other sport, just like you would look at crime in society. To think it is going to stop completely would be foolish and unrealistic. It is never going to happen. Just like with criminals in society, you are always going to have people who are raised with poor morals or who don't feel confident in their ability to go out and be successful without cheating someone else.

I know, I know - men have that extra hero gene in their foolish makeup; it's part of our charm. But I happen to know some women who have their inner sports hero, too.

I hope it will make them a lot more confident about money - and a lot less susceptible to foolish mistakes that could part them from it.

In terms of the way I played, I was aggressive, foolish at times, maybe the same way as a manager sometimes. But it doesn't really matter. It's what goes on on the field at any given minute, the players have the ball in their hands.

Because that would be foolish politically, and I think there's a lot of practicality going on.

The self-edited author is as foolish as the self-medicated patient.

Home buyers must be absolutely sure they can afford the mortgage even if they lose the investment. You must ask: 'Can I afford this mortgage based on my salary or my income?' Just because the bank gave you bad advice and encouraged you do something foolish doesn't mean you should put yourself in that position.

of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.

Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.

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

If were not foolish young, were foolish old.

Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.

Empty Chambers make foolish maides.

It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish.

Dare to wear the foolish clown face.

Gambling is a most foolish and imprudent pursuit.

I respect orders but I respect myself too and I do not obey foolish rules made especially to humiliate me.

Haute Couture should be fun, foolish and almost unwearable.

Something in her brain that still remained calm told her that she was doing a very foolish thing indeed.

You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. You are only young once, then you need another reason to act foolish. You are the only authority on what is best for you.

Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.

It's easier to be original and foolish than original and wise.

I'm increasingly inclined to think there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level just to make sure that we don't do something very foolish.

As we grow older we grow both more foolish and wiser at the same time.

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.

If I had any real idea of exactly where inspiration comes from, I'd go there, find the foolish thing, bottle it, sell it, and retire to Tuscany.

I believe strongly in staying out of that. I think it's a dangerous and foolish business.

Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.

The least foolish is wise.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

If you don't risk doing something foolish, you'll never do anything special.

We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.

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

I have nothing to say to him [Ronald Reagan], because he is mad. He is foolish. He is an Israeli dog.

Faith is the willingness to look foolish.

It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes

It is not true that men prefer foolish women. Rather they prefer women who can simulate foolishness whenever necessary, which is the very core of intelligence.

If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is difficult to get into communion with God in the midst of the hurly-burly of the day.

The more you wish to be, the wiser you are; while the wish to have is apt to be foolish in proportion to its largeness.

A goal isn’t something you just arrive at and stop.You have to stay curious and hungry and foolish....

It’s foolish to fear what we’ve yet to see and know.

Whoever believes in a man is very foolish.

Love makes you foolish. It makes you throw every bit of logic away, do stupid things, dangerous things.

That's the problem with the socialist model, because the socialist model - if you work twice as hard as I do, and you get just the same amount, pretty soon you decide that it's foolish for you to do more than I.

But that's how the heart is. Stubborn and foolish.

You don't think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.

I definitely have been foolish.

You can't control other people, and giving them the power to decide if you will continue to produce good work is foolish.

Scepticism is effortful and costly. It is better to be sceptical about matters of large consequences, and be imperfect, foolish and human in the small and the aesthetic.

He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one.

Education makes some men wiser, others more ridiculous and foolish!

Truly, life is wasted on the living, Nobody Owens. For one of us is too foolish to live, and it is not I.

Hope bases vast premises upon foolish accidents and reads a word where, in fact, only a scribble exists.

It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his counselor.

and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.

You'd be foolish not to take a close look at it because of the cost of insurance and the availability of it, and I still have two very young children. It would be irresponsible not to consider it.