Quotes about fool
fools-and-foolishness life slave survey takes
But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool;And time, that takes survey of all the world,Must have a stop. William Shakespeare
fools looked sure
I wouldn't play it any differently if I had to do it again, ... I'm sure we looked like fools down there, but if I had to do it all over again, I would have aimed at the same target.
fool zeal
The zeal of fools offends at any time. Alexander Pope
fool aging young
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools. Doug Larson
fool
You have to leave all your options open. And if you don't leave your options open, you're a fool. Donald Trump
fool foolish appearing
You see I'm such a fool that I'm never afraid of appearing foolish. Dorothy Day
fool ifs manage
If you ever manage to make a fool of me, I'll deserve what I get. Clare Boothe Luce
fool
Only fools don't contradict themselves Andre Gide
fool moral difficult
When you take the high moral road it is difficult for anyone to object without sounding like a complete fool. Anita Roddick
fools-day doubt april-fools
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. Cynthia Heimel
fool reason
He that cannot reason is a fool. Andrew Carnegie
fool chance
As a writer one has to take the chance on being a fool. Anne Sexton
fool incapacity distinction
ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity. Ambrose Bierce
fool intimacy destruction
INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
fool loathing lexicographer
OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer . . .
fools-day months april
April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
fool extravagance enjoy
The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it. Alfred Bester
foolish
Hope is the biggest of our foolish things. Alfred de Vigny
fool world illusion
Is not this world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody. Angela Carter
fool
I go out there and make a fool of myself. It's inevitable. Armand Assante
foolish mistakes stop
If we stop making those foolish mistakes, we'll be fine.
fools-and-foolishness headed home looking win
We had to win or we would have headed home looking like fools. Sean Williams
fool casts monte-cristo
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas
fool invented wonder
Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing. Jonathan Swift
fool fools-and-foolishness publicity seven sort subject themselves
Only a fool would subject themselves to questioning by seven investigators as some sort of publicity stunt.
fool giants whim
Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls. Edward Abbey
fool mankind foolishness
Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.
fool hearing nonsense
A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything. Aristotle
foolish eloquence affected
I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence. Ben Jonson
fool favors fortune
Fortune, that favors fools.
fooling game guys hurt playing whether
So many times, you see guys getting hurt whether they're just fooling around or not playing very hard. For me, I have to keep up with the routine, play like every game may be my last. Johnny Damon
fools-and-foolishness good mix silly
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: it's good to be silly at the right moment. (Odes, bk. 4, no. 12, l. 27) Horace
fools-and-foolishness lovely mix moment serious silly
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans; it's lovely to be silly at the right moment