Fool Quotes
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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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No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself.
James Cook
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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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Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few giants or dwarfs.
William Hazlitt
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer
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Only a fool would make the bed every day.
Nancy Spain
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It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
Norman Douglas
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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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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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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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Why ... do the myths of America the Hateful take such powerful hold? Because anti-Americanism provides a useful emotional function which goes beyond logic and reaches deep into the darker recesses of the European soul. In centuries past those on the Left who wished to personalise their hatred of capitalism, who sought to make it emotionally resonant by fastening an envious political passion on to a blameless scapegoat people, embraced anti-Semitism. It was the socialism of fools. Which is what anti-Americanism is now.
Michael Gove
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The fool that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well.”
George Walter
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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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He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; He who makes one is a fool.
Farquhar McGillivray Knowles
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My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.
Jonathan Swift
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Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
John Tillotson
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All over the world people have developed their own ideas about what's right and wrong in life, but so long as you aren't harming others or the Earth, it's your choice when you decide how you want to live your life - Yours and yours alone. Life's no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe's my own to fool with.
Haruki Murakami
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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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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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A wise man sees failure as progress. A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic, And loses his soul in the process.
Canibus
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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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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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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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My desires are foolish. The things I want are better kept to myself. The hand of silence is steady. The hard blade of silence is clean like night. The code is absolute. Silence is eternal and patient. Silence never makes a fool of itself like I have so many times.
Henry Rollins Black Flag