Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brigham Young

It is bad enough to see young fools, but worse to see old fools.

Brigham Young

He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.

Lawrence Eagleburger

The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him.

Charles Portis

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?

Dean Koontz

Life's mysterious, strange, and full of wonders - and only a fool withdraws from it willingly and lets it pass him by.

Bayard Taylor

The most annoying of all blockheads is a well-read fool.

Johnny Damon

So many times, you see guys getting hurt whether they're just fooling around or not playing very hard. For me, I have to keep up with the routine, play like every game may be my last.

Horace

Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: it's good to be silly at the right moment. (Odes, bk. 4, no. 12, l. 27)

Horace

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans; it's lovely to be silly at the right moment

Brian Molko

It says in the Bible that if you argue with a fool, you become one. That’s why I don’t talk to Fred Durst!

Benjamin Franklin

We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness.

Nicolas Chamfort

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

Barbara Sher

Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.

Edward Abbey

Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.

Edward Abbey

Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

Aristotle

A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.

Ben Jonson

I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence.

Ben Jonson

Fortune, that favors fools.

Jonathan Swift

Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

Benjamin Franklin

Learn of the skilful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.

So many of us speak foolish when we should be speaking english.

We still have some guys out, so we have to prepare for this team like they're Michigan State. We can't let that 0-8 record fool us.

Adam Dunn

I'm a realist. And realists don't fool themselves.

Nolan Bushnell

I never, ever, saw the evil Steve Jobs. He was always the most well-mannered and respectful guy I knew. And we got to be pretty good friends. He didn't suffer fools gladly. I guess he didn't think I was a fool.

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

William Shakespeare

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come.

Craig Adams

We're not trying to scare anybody. We're not trying to fool anybody. That's just the way this show is done.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Abraham Lincoln

He who represents himself has a fool for a client

Abraham Lincoln

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

Aleister Crowley

Practically, Science is true; and Faith is foolish.

Albert Einstein

Everyone knew it was impossible, until a fool who didn't know came along and did it.

Nothing is 100 percent fool proof. We've tested it in simulations, but until you get the real thing you don't know for sure.