Foibles Quotes
Foibles Quote of the day
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.
Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass, you know his faults, now let the foibles pass.
Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs.
You do form a cadre of people that you trust and who are good at their jobs and who know you and what your quirks and foibles are. It makes making movies very collegial and a lot more fun.
I'm always interested in people being able to share stories that allow us to see the landscape of human foibles, challenges, and ultimately triumph.
What is so funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously. Laughter is the same and healthy response to the innocent foibles of men; and even to some which are not innocent.
As intellectual as we think we are, you still trip, we still have human foibles, sexuality, all the different things to still make you aware of your humanity.
One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.
The problems we have with our current technology often reveal our own human foibles, and it's these new emotions of cyberspace which reveal our struggles.
In romance we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both.
Tomorrow is another day, we rather hope it will be better but better it won't be unless self-foibles are examined.
I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws.
Yesterday was the first day of the rest of your life . . . and you messed it up again.
If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing which the king upon the throne cannot have.
We have been stuffed full of praise for mediocrity and had our foibles diagnosed away with hyphenated jargon and pop psychology.
I learned that famous writers are people with foibles like anyone else and this helped me realize reaching their level of notoriety wasn't impossible.
I pray as part of my mindfulness practice and try to recount my day, all my triumphs and foibles, before I go to sleep at night. These practices keep me calm for the most part.
I'm not very pious about anything, fortunately, but I'm skewering myself first. I'm skewering things that I care about and things that are important to me and then just my own foibles.
Spirituality authors, who are generally forgiving of most human foibles ... take a hard line on intellectualism.... Skepticism they view with contempt, as the refuge of the unenlightened.
The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.
A library represents the mind of its collector, fancies and foibles, strengths and weaknesses, prejudices and preferences.
Some people see the cup as half empty. Some people see the cup as half full. I see the cup as too large.
At home I am a nice guy but I don't want the world to know. Humble people I've found don't go very far.
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he's a dirty little beast.
The worst thing about a bore is not that he won't stop talking but that he won't let you stop listening.
The ability to sin differs among people. For example a short-armed fisherman isn't as big a liar as a long-armed one.
My mother said "You won't amount to anything because you procrastinate." I said "Just wait."