“I don't think she [Marilyn Monroe] saw herself as victimized and a sex object. She knew how to contend with it. I'm sure she was no fool about it. On the one hand, it was very flattering and great; on the other hand, it was probably awful and could be very lascivious and very terrible. But I think a lot of women just wanted to be like her. And that's still true today.” ThinkingStillsHandsTodayWantedSexSawsObjectsFoolTerribleAwfulFlatteringLike Her Author:Gail Levin
“More and more it seems to me that the philosopher, being of necessity a man of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, has always found himself, and had to find himself, in contradiction to his today: his enemy was ever the ideal of today. So far all these extraordinary furtherers of men whom one calls philosophers, though they themselves have rarely felt like friends of wisdom but rather like disagreeable fools and dangerous question marks, have found their task, their hard, unwanted, inescapable task, but eventually also the greatness of their task, in being the bad conscience of their time.” MenHardPhilosophySeemsTodayFoundFeltEnemyDangerousGreatnessFoolTomorrowConscienceIdealsTasksMarkExtraordinaryPhilosopherContradictionDisagreeableUnwantedQuestion Mark Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The ladies usually go for the biggest damn fool they can find; that is why the human race stands where it does today: we have bred the clever and lasting Casanovas, all hollow inside, like the chocolate Easter bunnies we foster upon our poor children.” HumansChildrenDoeTodayWomenPoorRaceFoolCleverDamnHuman RaceLastingChocolateEasterHollowBunniesPoor ChildrenEaster BunnyRelationship ProblemCasanova Book:Notes of a Dirty Old Man Source: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“Anybody who feels at ease in the world today is a fool.” WorldFeelsTodaySocietyFoolStupidityEaseWorld Today Author:Robert M. Hutchins
“Today, John Kerry announced a fool-proof plan to wipe out the $500B deficit. John Kerry has a plan, he's going to put it on his wife's Gold Card.” TodayWifePlansFoolGoldProofCardsDeficitWipeJohn KerryFool Proof Author:Craig Kilborn
“Today, only a fool would offer herself as the singular role model for the Good Mother. Most of us know not to tempt the fates. Themoment I felt sure I had everything under control would invariably be the moment right before the principal called to report that one of my sons had just driven somebody's motorcycle through the high school gymnasium.” KnowsMomentsTodaySchoolMotherFeltRolesFateSonFoolOffersModelsHigh SchoolDrivenReportsMy SonRole ModelsPrincipalMotorcycleGood MotherGymnasiums Author:Mary Blakely
“I think it's become fashionable for the snobbish egghead today to make fun of television. I've heard many people, boast, "I would never have a television set in my house," well, these people are fools.” PeopleThinkingWellsTodayHouseFunHeardTelevisionFoolBoastFashionableSnobbishEggheads Author:Bennett Cerf
“To doubt one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Don't defend past actions; what is right today may be wrong tomorrow. Don't be consistent; consistency is the refuge of fools.” MenFirstsMayTodayActionPastPrinciplesDoubtFoolTomorrowMarkConsistentCivilizedRefugeConsistency Author:Hyman Rickover
“You might have been able to fool people the first time, or something, but you really can't make a successful sequel today unless people really, really liked the predecessor.” PeopleFirstsHas BeensMightTodayAbleSuccessfulFoolFirst TimeMight Have BeenSequelsPredecessors Author:Neal H. Moritz
“God assumed from the beginning that the wise of the world would view Christians as fools...and He has not been disappointed....If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.” IfsWorldGodWisdomTodayChristianSufferingJesusChristViewsChristianityCourageWiseFoolMessagesDisappointmentStupidityFoolishDisappointedContemptSophisticatedFoolishnessMeltingCourt Justice Author:Antonin Scalia
“We know the power of the U.S.. We do not fool ourselves about this power. We say that the U.S. government wants us to pay a very high price for this unstable peace we enjoy today. And the price we are in a position to pay is only - comes only to the frontiers of dignity, not beyond.” KnowsWantGovernmentTodayEnjoyPayPositionFoolDignityWant UFrontiersUnstableHigh PricesEnjoy Today Author:Che Guevara
“Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?” LifeBelieveTodayAsksDecisionMorningGoneFool Author:Kathryn Stockett