Mark Waid

Certainly, your characters - whether they are superheroes are not - should have foibles. They should have problems; they should have things that their powers can't solve. That's what makes them nuanced, interesting characters. They can have intense motivations. They should have intense motivations to do what they do.

American Writer

Patricia Heaton

I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.

American Actress

Eleanor Holmes Norton

That line, about half of somebody's supporters being deplorables, was maybe the worst line I've ever heard in politics. You never - even when you're running against a bunch of racists, you never take off against the voters. It was a politics 101 foible.

American Politician

Gore Vidal

Fortunately, our audiences are used to a kind of boredom in the theatre, and if the writer is skillful, he will flatter them into thinking: 'Why, that's us up there, and aren't we - for all our little foibles - pretty nice guys and gals?

American Novelist

Lydia Millet

The comic novels I did when I was in my 20s had a harder edge - less sympathy for people. Or a sympathy that was harder to detect: Characters' foibles and obsessive bents were unrelenting, like caricatures.

Walter Kirn

God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?

Hope Jahren

Science is performed by people, and it's subject to all the various foibles that plague the rest of our social dynamics.

American Scientist

Jessie Buckley

I love the flaws and foibles of people - I'm much more interested in that than perfections.

Irish Musician

Kevin Kwan

People have always been fascinated by the foibles of the wealthy and privileged.

Singaporean Novelist

Asher Keddie

I have as many foibles, challenges, shortcomings and struggles as anybody else.

Australian Actress

Use 'foible' to describe minor character weaknesses that everyone has, making someone more relatable or human.

Character Insight

'Foible' implies patience or tolerance for someone's weaknesses, it's not used to harshly criticize.

Not Offensive

Discussions of foibles often come with a tone of fondness or amusement, not serious concern.

Positive Angle

'Foible' can refer to quirky habits or behaviors that make a person unique but aren't harmful.

Quirky Habits

Often, a foible can be an odd habit that others find endearing or character-defining.

Endearing Traits

Use 'foible' for habits that are not serious faults or issues, usually not hindering a person's overall function.

Not Serious

 In fact, it's the predictability of our psychological foibles that allows us to design strategies to overcome them. Forewarned is forearmed. In fact, behavioral economists often use precisely the same behavioral reflexes that get us into trouble and turn them around to help us,

Why it's so hard to make...

 center for all of his or her foibles it was a kind of focus that seems fuzzy seems purely symbolic but in fact could indeed be lasting