Fool Quotes - Page 33

We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and the victory is worth the trouble

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.

The strong demand, contend, prevail; the beggar is a fool.

Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out of you that you will know yourself for one, and begin to be wise.

None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.

In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasure

Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.

In the world we live in, one fool makes many fools, but one sage only a few sages.

We see God and the devil making fools of each other, and we nurture in ourselves the absolutely unshakable conviction that both of them are drunk.

As we grow older we grow both more foolish and wiser at the same time.

Sometimes a fool has talent, but never judgment.

Sin creates the illusion of freedom. In the end it fools us into seeking freedom from God rather than finding freedom in God.

Optimism can keep a fool from accepting failure.

Oh, the fools, like a lot of good little schoolboys, scared to death of anything they've been taught is wrong!

I suffer migraines. I do not suffer fools.

Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody.

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

Only a fool can believe people are basically good

They asked me to go in front of the Reagans. I'm not used to going in front of President Reagan, so we went out behind the Bushes.

Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again.

The entire universe is working against me. I can't believe the entire universe could be that foolish!

I'd be a fool to surrender, when I know I can be a contender. And if everyone's a contender, then everyone could be a winner.

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.

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.