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The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To… — Roger Zelazny
A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate. — Robert A. Heinlein
I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the Balrog… — George R. R. Martin
A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out. — Saul Bellow
I presumably lost $150,000 in the depression of 1937â€”on my one stock investmentâ€”because I did everything Lehman Brothers told me. I said, well, this is… — Studs Terkel
One minute I'm robbing a dope house. Next minute I'm the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. I'm only 20, 19, with a lot of… — Mike Tyson
The most important thing in life is not simply to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The important thing is to profit… — Dale Carnegie
Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've… — Lars von Trier
There's no god. He who created god was a fool; he who spreads his name is a scoundrel and he who worships him is a… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
There is no god, there is no god, there is no god at all. He who invented god is a fool. He who propagates god… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me.… — Patricia Highsmith
Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them then let our… — Samuel Rutherford
I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one. — L. Frank Baum
If there is a difference between what is said and what is done, only a fool believes what was said. — Frank Herbert
Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not… — Chrysippus
More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves â€“ they can't depend on a… — Aung San Suu Kyi
The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel. — Elvis Costello
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. — Diogenes
It was revealed to me many years ago with conclusive certainty that I was a fool and that I had always been a fool. Since… — Alastair Sim
To appreciate nonsense you must first acquire wisdom, then compromise the two; only then will the fool understand you, and believe himself to be wise. — Ernest Chapman

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