Best 1525 quotes in «fool quotes» category

Busy old fool, unruly Sophie

Busy opinion is an idle fool.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

But Anne, do you love him?" I asked curiously. The curve of her hood hid all but the corner of her smile. "I am a fool to own it, but I am in a fever for his touch.

... but any fool knows that you don't need money to get enjoyment out of life.

But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court, And spawns his quarto, and demands your praise,-- Death to his publisher, to him 'tis sport.

But history is a faithless teller whose cruel recourse to hindsight makes fools of its actors.

But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?

But only a fool sails into combat with nature

But the frat boys were all frivolous and idiotic in our minds now, a bunch of conformist fools going through the motions of hip.

But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots.

But there comes a time in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among human beings or nota fool among fools or a fool alone.

But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool.

But what if we are dealing with fools?

By fools, knaves fatten; by bigots, priests are well clothed; every knave finds a gull.

By nominating Chuck Hagel to be his Defense secretary, President Obama is putting forward an aloof contrarian who doesn't suffer fools - a striving politician who considers himself above politics.

By the time it becomes obvious that a technology will have truly disruptive impact, it is often too late to take action. This is one reason why we are such advocates of using theory to try to analyze industry change. Conclusive evidence that proves that a company needs to take action almost never exists. In fact, the data can fool management, lulling them into a false sense of security.

Call me a joker, call me a fool, right at this moment I'm totally cool.

Captain of our fairy band, Helena is here at hand, And the youth, mistook by me, Pleading for a lover's fee. Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!

Chance is the fool's name for Fate

Children are not yet fools, but we shall turn them into imbeciles like ourselves, with high I.Q.'s if possible.

Change of weather is the discourse of fools.

Children and fools always speak the truth

Cheating is a sin, but honest cunning is simply prudence. It is a virtue. To be sure, it has a likeness to roguery, but that cannot be helped. He who has not learned to practice it is a fool.

Children and fools speak true.

Contend not in wisdom with a fool, for thy sense maketh much of his conceit; And some errors never would have thriven, had it not been for learned refutation.

choose now," he spat, his eyes practically shooing sparks. "me or him." gosh,Fang, you romantic fool," i said sarcastically."howw incredibly sexist pig of you.

Coaxing drunken Shadowhunters into making fools of themselves was a favorite occupation among the Downworlders, and this performance had been a tremendous success.

Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.

Consolation for those moments when you can't tell whether you're the divinest genius or the greatest fool in the world.

Coincidence. That's an explanation used by fools and liars.

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.

Congress should know how to levy taxes, and if it doesn't know how to collect them, then a man is a fool to pay the taxes.

Courage multiplies the chances of success by sometimes making opportunities, and always availing itself of them; and in this sense Fortune may be said to favor fools by those who, however prudent in their opinion, are deficient in valor and enterprise.

Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.

Crystal sincerity hath found no shelter but in a fool's cap.

Cynical is a fool's word for realist.

Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.

Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

Daniel Radcliffe was actually a fan of the show and excited to be on it. Some of it is we've gone long enough that we're legitimate. Even if they don't know the show, they know we are a show and not some weird thing that's going to go away. Also, the more celebrities we get on BoJack show, the more it feels like a club to be in: "If Naomi Watts will make a fool of herself, I guess I can make a fool of myself, too.

Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a liar.

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Does Obama really want his legacy to be, ‘The president who was an even bigger fool than Neville Chamberlain’?

Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?

Don Juan, in the teacings of Carlos Castaneda, makes the same point. You have to fool people into seeking knowlege. People will not do it of their own volition.

Donald Trump is a fool, but he is not free to be a dangerous fool in Britian.

Do not let the Obama administration fool you with all their cunning Alinsky methods. And if you don't know what that method is, I implore you to get the book 'Rules for Radicals,' by Saul Alinsky. Mr. Obama is very well trained in these methods.

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.

Don't fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.

Don't be a fool for the Devil, darling.