The Fool Quotes
It is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.
As soon as you become afraid to make a fool of yourself, you're in trouble. I decided I may as well just see if I can live with myself making millions of mistakes and learn something from it.
I've always found it much more dangerous to fool with a man's mistress than his wife.
We must learn to give ourselves permission to blunder, to fail, and to make fools of ourselves every day for the rest of our lives. We do so in any case.
Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death.
The fool is looking for happiness far away. The wise man makes it grow under his feet.
He is no fool who parts with that which he cannot keep, when he is sure to be recompensed with that which he cannot lose.
I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools... I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing.
It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers.
There are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and only a fool would paint a boat black.
If you don’t want your life to be 'messed up', don’t fool around with those who have messed up theirs.
There may be many things wrong with the United States but only a blind fool who hasn't been paying attention for the last twenty years would hold up Europe as the alternative.
You can't fool an audience with lots of bits and pieces. You have to lead them somewhere.
One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities.
Its always been my tendency to lie to doctors, as if good health consisted only of the ability to fool them.
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.
The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
Franchot Tone is nuttier than a fruitcake, so don't let the genteel frosting fool you.
I've got cheekier with age. You can get away with murder when you're 71 years old. People just think I'm a silly old fool.
Being a comedian is like being a con man. You have to make 'em like you before you can fool 'em.
There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by time.