At their first appearance innovators have always been derided as fools and mad men. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“What the wise man knows he questions but what the fool believes he sees.” — Jason Versey Copy Share Image
I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago. — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools. — Thomas Otway Copy Share Image
Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Wit and Humor - if any difference, it is in duration - lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A daughter,' Rowley scooped up the child and held her high. The baby blinked from sleep and crowed with him. 'Any fool… — Ariana Franklin Copy Share Image
A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of… — Max Gluckman Copy Share Image
By nominating Chuck Hagel to be his Defense secretary, President Obama is putting forward an aloof contrarian who doesn't suffer fools -… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
A wise man sees failure as progress. A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic, And loses his soul in the… — Canibus Copy Share Image
All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“Any man who was fool enough to fall for a simper, a faint and an 'Oh how wonderful you are!' wasn't worth… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed-chased and hunted down as… — John Muir Copy Share Image
There's going to be some places where you're treated with respect and dignity and some places where you'd have to be a… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Books lie, he said. God dont lie. No, said the judge. He does not. And these are his words. He held up… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
The secret is not to dream," she whispered. "The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There is a hollow, holey cylinder running from hilt to point in my machete. When I blow across the mouthpiece in the… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
So long as mathematicians can impose up-and-down semantics upon students while trafficking personally in the non-up-and-down advantages of their concise statements, they… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Books are influential in proportion to their obscurity, provided that the obscurity be that of inexpressible Realities. The Bible is the most… — Coventry Patmore Copy Share Image
Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either religion, honour, or prudence. Thosewho… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest thing in nature. Find out one of these books with an… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
“That's man's way. To prove something. Day in, day out he must prove he is a man. Poor Fool.” — Ernest J. Gaines Copy Share Image
“Any fool can make things complicated, it requires a genius to make things simple” — E.F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
There are four kinds of people in this world: cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“The intellectual mind judges a book after having read it. A fool’s mind judges a book by its title.” — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
Every fool becomes a philosopher after ten days of rain, so I spare you the inside view of my heart. — Marian Hooper Adams Copy Share Image
Stop acting like you're smart and you know everything... it makes you look like a fool. — Anonymous Copy Share Image