Fool Quotes
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The biggest fool to hit the big time and all I've got to do is act naturally.
Buck Owens -
When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.
Zoe Kazan
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It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
Harold MacMillan -
...Your company...will send drugs to all the underdeveloped countries of the world, and since they do not have any standards, we will fool them all and can make a great big profit and never tell the doctors that there is a risk.....You will meet the standards of the country in which you are advertising, not the...proper standard...I would think that you would not sleep at night....I do not think this country will not stand for it.
Gaylord Nelson -
It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
W. Somerset Maugham -
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.
Ambrose Bierce -
Franchot Tone is nuttier than a fruitcake, so don't let the genteel frosting fool you.
Burgess Meredith -
I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.
Captain Beefheart
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Every time I read the paper those old feelings come on. We are waist deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool says to push on.
Pete Seeger -
Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.
Margaret Cavendish -
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
Dale Carnegie -
As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
Kabir -
He wanted to tell me that he thought he finally knew why Christ said to call no man Fool. Christ had said it, Seymour thought I'd want to know, because there are no fools. Dopes, yes - fools, no.
J. D. Salinger -
I'm confident that I'm as intelligent as many people, but I know that I'm not as intelligent as some. So in the presence of hyperintelligent people, I'm a shrinking violet because I don't want to look like a fool. I know a little about a lot and a lot about a little.
Bette Midler
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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
Samuel Butler -
A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax -
One thing I don't personally like is not having that privacy I used to have. Being able to do whatever I wanted to do without people recognizing me. That makes me watch what I'm doing more carefully. I'm not going to be acting no fool.
Marvin Sapp -
I do read all my work aloud as I'm working - this has made it a little hard to adjust to my husband's retirement. I can shout the shouty parts if I'm alone in the house, but of course, I feel a fool if someone is there to hear me.
Karen Joy Fowler -
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.
W. C. Fields -
Making a fool out of yourself and putting it on the Internet is one of the best bonding experiences you could have.
Genesis Rodriguez
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Titles are marks of honest men, and wise;The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
Edward Young -
You can do a good job when you play it safe, but you can't do a spectacular job. You have to risk it and be in danger of looking like an absolute fool.
Alex Sharp -
He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.
Karl G. Maeser -
A naked woman in heels is a beautiful thing. A naked man in shoes looks like a fool.
Christian Louboutin