A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds--Ralph Waldo Emerson. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. From Wordnik.com. [ABC: Secret Service Headed To Biden's House] Reference
The Colin Powell thing is my own personal hobgoblin. From Wordnik.com. [Sebelius And Kaine Booked To Discuss Obama's Veep Choice On Sunday Shows] Reference
The problem is that this hobgoblin has consequences. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Speech Offers "Clear Strategy"- For Victory or Disaster?] Reference
No need now for bars against hobgoblin – thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [Peer Gynt] Reference
Thanks. hobgoblin wrote on January 26, 2008 9: 18 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
I'm trying to thank you, you pointed-eared hobgoblin!. From Wordnik.com. [Bread And Circuses] Reference
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. From Wordnik.com. [italianbeef Diary Entry] Reference
"Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds". From Wordnik.com. [Obama Adviser Recommends Keeping 60,000-80,000 Troops In Iraq Through 2010] Reference
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's Wooden-Headedness Kills] Reference
Consistency is, of course, the hobgoblin of little minds. From Wordnik.com. [In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.". From Wordnik.com. [A Sane Discussion Of Hillary And The Popular Vote] Reference
I hardly know what sort of creature or hobgoblin to call them. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
They might say: "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.". From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy: Who Needs It?] Reference
| Reply | Permalink hobgoblin wrote on January 26, 2008 9: 18 PM. From Wordnik.com. [In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
But it never caught on, unfortunately, ` the frightful hobgoblin. '. From Wordnik.com. [Karl Marx: A Life] Reference
"Constancy is the hobgoblin of little minds," says Ralph Waldo Emerson. From Wordnik.com. [April Rudin: Reframing Yourself and Your Business: Take a Page from a Master Who Evolved into an App] Reference
An 'a perticklar bent-up hobgoblin he put hand on de head ob li'l black. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
In these days of "hobgoblin lore," it may not be incurious to add, that. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828] Reference
Emerson said, "A foolish inconsistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.". From Wordnik.com. [A Sane Discussion Of Hillary And The Popular Vote] Reference
O I don't know - "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.". From Wordnik.com. [Palin Won't Say Whether She Backs Scandal-Plagued Stevens And Young] Reference
Might he not just as well take off his head and turn out to be a hobgoblin?. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Was Thursday] Reference
So with that hobgoblin in your mind, it's kind of difficult to trust anybody. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2002] Reference
Apparently, hobgoblin, you don't understand the meaning of the word "dynasty.". From Wordnik.com. [In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
Consistency, principled or foolish, has never been a hobgoblin of the liberal mind. From Wordnik.com. [Liberals and the CIA] Reference
Thanks for a respectful back and forth. hobgoblin wrote on January 26, 2008 10: 04 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
Anonymous wrote on January 26, 2008 9: 22 PM: hobgoblin wrote on January 26, 2008 9: 18 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
Isn't inconsistency the basis for driving people nuts (as well as the hobgoblin of small minds?)?. From Wordnik.com. [Zen and the Art of Hoaxes] Reference
Consistency is, of course, the hobgoblin of little minds. brad wrote on January 26, 2008 9: 34 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
I'm not doing a 3-way with her and her hobgoblin husband to make it up to her though. spring - fall. From Wordnik.com. [wilberteets Diary Entry] Reference
Overall turnout looks to be up a good 75-80% over 2004 though. hobgoblin wrote on January 26, 2008 9: 32 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds adored by little statesmen, wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. From Wordnik.com. [Blake Fleetwood: To Hillary: In Praise of Political Flip-Floppers Everywhere] Reference
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in his essay Self-Reliance. From Wordnik.com. [Deane Waldman: Contradictions R US(A).] Reference
That might not be such a good quality to have as President though ... hobgoblin wrote on January 26, 2008 10: 59 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
To further the idea that consistency is the hobgoblin of the little minds, another junior blogger echoes this principle. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Roston: Getting A Grip On Reality Over Iran's Nuclear Program] Reference
Leave it to Republicans to stick to their misguided talking points at all costs — a hobgoblin of little-minded spokesmen. From Wordnik.com. [ZP Heller: McCain's Too Out of Touch to Realize He's Out of Touch] Reference
He has connected with some people and I think the race is better for it. hobgoblin of little minds wrote on January 26, 2008 9: 04 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
Consistency is the hobgoblin because if you are entirely consistent with a principle (dynasty bad) you can miss the forest for the trees. From Wordnik.com. [In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say] Reference
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