Fool Quotes
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There are times when it's easier to fool yourself than swallow some jagged piece of reality.
John Searles
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He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; He who makes one is a fool.
Farquhar McGillivray Knowles
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He is a fool who is not for love and beauty. I speak unto the young, for I am of them and always shall be.
Philip James Bailey
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We've learned from experience that the truth will out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were wrong or right. Nature's phenomena will agree or they'll disagree with your theory. And, although you may gain some temporary fame and excitement, you will not gain a good reputation as a scientist if you haven't tried to be very careful in this kind of work. And it's this type of integrity, this kind of care not to fool yourself, that is missing to a large extent in much of the research in Cargo Cult Science.
Richard Feynman
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I'm afraid I might make a fool of myself over him. I'm not even sure he would notice if I did.
Courtney Milan
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Don't be a fool, there is no such thing as just a girl.
Elissa Schappell
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My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.
Jonathan Swift
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Gail Sheehy tells us that "the delights of self-discovery are always available." All Fools' Day is the perfect day to engrave this wisdom in our hearts.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
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The way you make something happen is to do something that a fool could screw up.
Seth Godin
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Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.
Shirley Henderson
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It is a popular idea that a man is a hero just because he was killed in action. Rather, I think, a man is frequently a fool when he gets killed.
George S. Patton
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Any fool can write a book and most of them are doing it; but it takes brains to build a house.
Charles Fletcher Lummis
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The fool that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well.”
George Walter
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In the beginning I had women problems, 'cause you know, I represent for the guys. But I was actin' a fool, whilin' out. I'm not sayin' I don't while out anymore. I'm not gonna lie to you.
Wyclef Jean Fugees
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Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool.
Carlo D'Este
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You should not fool the laymen when you're talking as a scientist... . I'm talking about a specific, extra type of integrity that is not lying, but bending over backwards to show how you're maybe wrong, an integrity that you ought to have when acting as a scientist. And this is our responsibility as scientists, certainly to other scientists, and I think to laymen.
Richard Feynman
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No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself.
James Cook
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Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?
Cecil Taylor
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He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.
Brigham Young
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What a fool you must be," said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self.
Anne Bronte
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Ah, but being in love made you mean and crazy. Love made you act like a fool even when you knew you were acting like a fool and couldn't help yourself from acting like a fool.
Sandra Brown
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We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off. The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.
Ray Bradbury
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The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.
Marilyn Monroe
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Would you be a poet Before you've been to school? Ah, well! I hardly thought you So absolute a fool.
Lewis Carroll