Fool Quotes · Page 68

Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.

— Anonymous

Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.

— Josh Billings

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

— Frank Herbert

If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out.

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most.

— John Gay

Sometimes it's better to remain silent and thought a fool, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt

— Anonymous

Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

— George W. Bush

In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and…

— Alberto Manguel

There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that…

— Otto von Bismarck

I tell you what I really fear. I fear aeroplanes. When the flight's all right and smooth I'm still thinking, 'what if…

— Muhammad Ali

“I was a fool! Loving someone who doesn't love you is hell! Don't ever let anyone convince you that you can be…

— Judith McNaught

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

I use the term "fool's gold white space" to highlight a common problem for innovation. People see a market that doesn't exist,…

— Scott D. Anthony

“Any ignorant fool can fail to turn someone else into a frog. You have to be clever to refrain from doing it…

— Terry Pratchett

I wasn't absolutely too sure where the Falklands was, and I didn't want to make a bloody fool of myself.

— Denis Thatcher

I've got a hangover!" "No, you hit your head on the floor," Sophie said. Howl rose up on his hands and knees…

— Diana Wynne Jones

So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

“Most folks don't have but a few days to a week's worth of food in their houses at any given time. When…

— Edward M. Wolfe

The word "necessary" is miserably applied. It disordereth families, and overturneth government, by being so abused. Remember that children and fools want…

— Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

Why do you think great leaders and great orations are coincident with wars, revolutions, and the founding or ending of governments and…

— Mark Helprin

“But life is too short not to make a fool out of yourself from time to time. And sometimes you need to…

— Abby Rosmarin

There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not destroyed, by…

— Anonymous

He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. When you realize…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

A fool is often as dangerous to deal with as a knave, and always more incorrigible.

— Charles Caleb Colton

A man who says he feels no fear is either a fool or a liar.

— Fred Dibnah

A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!

— T. Boone Pickens

Life is not fair... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.

— David Brin

I can't write a book like 'Lamb' or 'Fool' every year. It just takes too much research and craft.

— Christopher Moore

Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Love was always conditional: anyone who thought otherwise was a fool.”

— Callie Hunter

Don't tell a fool when it fools since by doing so you will be fooling than it.

— Nyakallo Lets'ela

It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.

— Robert Jordan

You can always lie to others and hide your actions from them... but you can not fool yourself

— Abraham Lincoln

I made it this far, a fool with my foolish pride. Look at me what you see? A fool and his foolish…

— Young Jeezy

Never argue with a fool, they will lower you to their level, and then beat you with experience

— Oupa

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

— Edward Teller

Fool a wise and mental powered ones then fooling a fool because you cannot defeat nature

— Andile Zmobe

But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots.

— Basil Bunting

To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.

— Baron de Montesquieu