Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francis Bacon

Fortune makes him fool, whom she makes her darling.

W. Somerset Maugham

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.

Jim Elliot

He is no fool who parts with that which he cannot keep, when he is sure to be recompensed with that which he cannot lose.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it

Dar Williams

Are we the fools for being surprised that a silence could end with no sound?

Harry Anderson

Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.

Even tho' thrice again/ The red fool-fury of the Seine/ Should pile her barricades with dead.

Steve Wynn

We're on our way to Greece, in the hands of a confused, foolish government. It's got to stop. It's got to stop.

William Blake

I sometimes try to be miserable that I may do more work, but find it is a foolish experiment.

Chad Johnson

They are a completely different team. Don't be fooled about what's going on and the things that I say,

The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own.

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks

Mike Sherman

Throwing them out there after waiting so long would be foolhardy on our part.

Dee Brown

We were really disappointed with our performance at the end. Don't let my words fool you, we'll take a road win, but we should have played the last 10 minutes better.

Thomas Chalmers

The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make the public?

There are reasons why people pay for high growth, and they typically overpay. It's a fool's game, and it keeps going until it doesn't keep going.

At this point, ... it's so uncertain, there are so many variables out there, I think it's foolish for us to try to speculate on a particular launch date.

At this point, it's so uncertain ... that it would be foolish to speculate on a date.

Michael Robinson

Don't let him fool you. He loves the attention.

Jeffrey Loria

There's no more time to fool around. The time for posturing is over.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

What fools these mortals be. (Acheron)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Only a fool took a remote from a god.

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

Greatest fools are the most often satisfied.

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him. [Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.]

Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion.

The greatest fools are oft the most satisfied.

A fool can always find a greater fool who admires him.

Nicolas Chamfort

There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.

Nora Roberts

If love doesn't make a fool of us, what will?

Nile Rodgers

You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer.

Nas

Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

We learn the most from fools ... yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude.