I actually named myself Redfoo because I want a name that describes my energy. Red stands for passion. Foo stands for foolishness and having fun. It's passionate foolishness.
We put water down into the earth to push up gas, then we say, 'Ooh, we're having a water crisis.' This is foolishness, and this kind of foolishness, where we try to excuse human behavior, is dangerous.
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool's eye.
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness.
It stands for diversity. It stands for vision and strength. It stands for belief in the right things. That's what I think it stands for.
I think somehow I got a sense of the foolishness of the human - my favorite phrase, the foolishness of the human condition.
And why do you think that foolishness is bad? If human foolishness had been as carefully nurtured and cultivated as intelligence has been for centuries, perhaps it would have turned into something extremely precious.
I never thought I would be in a situation where I would have to go into the stands and actually help my teammate fight fans. But at that time, there's no way I could have lived with myself knowing that my teammate is in the stands fighting and I'm not helping him.
I could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don't even rhyme with T.
The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.
Red has always been my color, because red stands out.
We get into captivity because of our foolishness and we are more foolish that we want to admit.
We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. So acknowledging foolishness is always a very important and powerful experience. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen properly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool. There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are extremely close. When we are really, truly fools, when we actually acknowledge our foolishness, then we are way ahead. We are not even in the process of becoming wise — we are already wise.
Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?
I appreciate someone who stands out and stands up for what he believes in, because that's what I'm trying to do.
I want my name to be a brand in comedy. I hope my name stands for comedic excellence.