The Fool Quotes

The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.

A jester unemployed is nobodys fool.

I learned over the years never to correct a fool or he will hate you; correct a wise man, and he will appreciate you.

The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.

Yes, I know that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks, too. But we're gonna fool them.

Words are the counters of wise men, but the money of fools.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.

Even a fool gets to be young once.

When I see Bin Laden with his AK-47, I got nervous. But what can I do, terrorists aren't fools: they too chose the most reliable guns.

Don't liken me to that [SOB]. Anybody that lets his public policies be mixed up with religious prejudice is a plain [GD] fool.

Any damn fool can put on a deal, but it takes genius, faith and perseverance to create a brand.

Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own.

If a fool keeps his mouth shut, there will be no difference of opinion.

A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.

Any fool can start a war, and once he's done so, even the wisest of men are helpless to stop it - especially if it's a nuclear war.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness.

When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together until death. But if she thinks he is a fool, she will not love him again.

A dream is a telegram from the hidden world...Only a fool or an illiterate person ignores it.

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.

There are two indiscretions that generally distinguish fools: a readiness to report whatever they hear, and a practice of communicating with secrecy what is commonly understood.

Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.

Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

That fame monster's a fool, man. It really is.

You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on.

What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

When arguing with a fool, make sure the opponent isn't doing the exact same thing.

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

Be a clown , be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool , play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh .

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.

If a painting can be forged well enough to fool experts, why is the original so valuable?

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.

Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity.

Fools exploit the world; the wise transfigure it.

No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good man, a knave.

Only a fool of a scientist would dismiss the evidence and reports in front of him and substitute his own beliefs in their place.

You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.

To let a fool kiss you is bad...To let a kiss fool you is worse. 'Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.

When you can laugh at yourself no one can ever make a fool of you.

A fool must now and then be right, by chance

Since 99.362% of women love mustache rides, it seems only a fool would have a bare upper lip.

I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her.