Sentence examples for a foolish thing from inspiring English sources

"Don't say such a foolish thing, sister".

"Nationalism is a foolish thing," McGahern says.

"I think it's a foolish thing," Mr. Dannenberg said.

It seemed like a foolish thing to lie about.

They were unaware they'd done anything wrong, but it was a foolish thing to do".

This may well be true, but as Anatole France observed, "If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing".

To upset a Whovian is a very foolish thing.

His coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, warned that a shift to the right would be "a very foolish thing" for both the country and the Conservative Party.

"Doing the prudent thing about deficits now would be an extremely foolish thing," observes Paul Krugman, a Nobel-winning economist.However, persistent deficits could eventually drive up interest rates, and uncertainty over when or how taxes will rise could dampen business confidence.

Ilves was confident Nato would come to Estonia's defence in the event of any military offensive, which he warned would be "a very foolish thing to do".

"That would have been totally against policy and it would have been a very foolish thing for somebody to make that sort of mistake".