Fool Quotes

3350 Fool quotes by 1831 unique authors

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool. — Voltaire
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools. — Alice Walker
Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it. — Frank Wedekind
Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead they are no… — Simone Weil
Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me. — Orson Welles
He who hesitates is a damned fool. — Mae West
I think fans can tell if you just slap a skateboarder on a game - you can't fool kids. — Shaun White
Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions,… — Walt Whitman
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. — Thornton Wilder
Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense. — Earl Wilson
In the voyeurism of Reality TV, the viewer's passivity is kept intact, pampered and massaged and force-fed Chicken McNuggets of carefully edited snippets that permit… — James Wolcott
I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take… — John Woolman
A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. — Edward Young
I miss the comedy of the '70s and '80s, like 'Only Fools And Horses' and 'Fawlty Towers,' so I'm glad I'm put in that category. — Brendan O'Carroll
I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out… — George MacDonald
I can't live where I want to, I can't go where I want to go, I can't do what I want to, I can't even… — Georgia O'Keeffe
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays… — William Shakespeare
Fool," said my muse to me. "Look in thy heart and write. — Philip Sidney
Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town? — Mark Twain
Alas, sir, how fell you besides your five wits?" Malvolio: "Fool, there was never a man so notoriously abused. I am as well in my… — William Shakespeare
Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants. — Dorothy Parker
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame… — George W. Bush

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