The Fool Quotes

What a fool I was! and yet, in the sight of angels, are we any wiser as we grow older? It seems to me, only, that our illusions change as we go on; but, still, we are madmen all the same.

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.

I am firm; YOU are obstinate; HE is a pig-headed fool.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.

He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.

Only fools are positive.

You can't fool me. There ain't no Sanity Clause!

Silence is the virtue of fools.

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.

Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.

I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ

In Spanish, we have a saying that when a genius points at the moon, a fool looks at the finger. I find that happens a lot with bitcoin.

What fools call "wasting time" is most often the best investment.

I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.

Don't fool yourself that you're blogging when you're really just putting stuff up online.

I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free - flowing.

The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With all the grand opportunities around for the man with a political pull, there's no excuse for stealin' a cent.

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.

If I put a value on my music, and no one's prepared to pay that, then more fool me, but the idea that the value is created by the consumer is an idiot plan; it can't work.

If I don't fool you, I'm not doing my job as a magician. If I make you feel foolish, I'm not doing my job as a human being.

No one but a fool is always right.

Angels rush in when fools are almost dead.

The right combination of guilt and machismo has sent many a fool out into the jungle when he should have stayed home.

A fool is a person who knows the difference between right and wrong, and chooses to do wrong.

No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned

The biggest hindrance to learning is fear of showing one's self a fool.

"I don't know whether you are a saint or a fool" said my lawyer. I replied "Is there a difference?"

Sincerity seems to be a problem today. I'd rather be true and hated than be false and fool people.

I alone have the mind of a fool, and am all muddled and vague. The people are so smart and bright. While I am just dull and confused.

There is, they say, no fool like an old fool.

This great purple butterfly, In the prison of my hands, Has a learning in his eye Not a poor fool understands.

When a father is quick to lose his tempre, his sons are fools.

The fool who loves giving advice on our garden never tends his own plants

On adultery: "Why fool around with hamburger when you have steak at home?

St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.

You know the expression 'God protects fools and drunks'? I qualify for both.

Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am.

Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.

He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

All things and all people in life have to sink or swim on their own merits, not their reputation; that just as a wise man can say a foolish thing, a fool can say something wise.

[If] you don't have any soul and you don't have any talent, jazz is what you should do. ... any fool can do it; all you gotta do is practice.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

For forms of government, let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best.

A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan.

When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it.

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.

He who quotes himself has a fool for a source.

Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man's own making.