If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. From LearnThat.org. [Anatole France (1844-1924).]
foolish remarks. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Also what I call foolish lack of self-preservation. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
Penny wise pounds foolish is the idea of gas tax break. From Wordnik.com. [Obama camp out with new gas tax ad, Clinton camp fires back] Reference
I claim sexism, heightism and just plain foolish inconsistency. From Wordnik.com. [Godseylocks and the three bookstores] Reference
How foolish is it for people to look a gift horse in the mouth!. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Status quo is scarier than health-care overhaul] Reference
To make conclousion about the 2006 draft ALREADy is just plain foolish frankly. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Draft Science] Reference
Perhaps the most striking example of this is in what is commonly called foolish fears. From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Methods in Harmony with the Structure and the Characteristics of the Juvenile Mind] Reference
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
This is really the proper explanation of a large class of what are usually termed foolish fears. From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Methods in Harmony with the Structure and the Characteristics of the Juvenile Mind] Reference
Judging it by what it ain't is just plain foolish. From Wordnik.com. [SF Tidbits for 5/4/10] Reference
Apple recently has been called a foolish cash piggy. From Wordnik.com. [Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com] Reference
Incredibly foolish, that is, but not inconceivably so. From Wordnik.com. [Asher Smith: Regarding Plaxico Burress, Justice Remains Blind] Reference
Asking people to understand or love you is just plain foolish. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: McDermott: Bring Back Baath Party] Reference
Then to use a dead senator's so call desire is just plain foolish. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy 'expected more of us' on health care, Dodd says] Reference
Come, little foolish, that is easy - no, not envy, why should he envy us?. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Writer] Reference
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
All which I flatly deny, and describe as the foolish ravings of uninformed theorists. From Wordnik.com. [Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians] Reference
Sorry, but what’s foolish is your (and Hector’s) emotional propaganda-induced claptrap. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Israel Deserves Better Defenders Than Andrew Roberts] Reference
We have enough on our plate now as it is, to start another issue would be just plain foolish. From Wordnik.com. [McCain again pans president's Iran response] Reference
So I was called foolish to be afraid in a tent after the weeks and months I had lived in camp. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
At least the leader is a bit more sanguine, a critical piece headed "Fighter plain foolish". From Wordnik.com. [Scary] Reference
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