“Noreen Vanderslice: Camus says knowin' we're gonna die makes life absurd. Betsy Solverson: Well, I don't know who that is. But I'm guessing he doesn't have a 6-year-old girl. Noreen Vanderslice: He's French. Betsy Solverson: Ugh, I don't care if he's from Mars. Nobody with any sense would say someth…”— Noah Hawley, Betsy Solverson, Cristin Milioti, imdb.com
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com
“Foolishness is right next door to strength.”— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Wendy Rhoades, Maggie Siff, imdb.com
“Some families sell their stock off a little at a time to live high, and then—boom—somebody takes them over, and it all goes down the drain. One of the real reasons I’m writing this book is so my grandchildren and great-grandchildren will read it years from now and know this: If you start any of that…”— Sam Walton, amazon.com
“I am strong because I am weak. I am beautiful because I know my flaws. I am a lover because I am a fighter. I am fearless because I have been afraid. I am wise because I have been foolish. & I can laugh because I’ve known sadness.”— Anonymous, beyondadversity.com
“Presently a serpent sought them out privately, and came to them walking upright, which was the way of serpents in those days. The serpent said the forbidden fruit would store their vacant minds with knowledge. So they ate it, which was quite natural, for man is so made that he eagerly wants to know;…”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.”— Douglas Adams, amazon.com
“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”— Douglas Adams, amazon.com