Only A Fool Quotes

Williams said only half-jokingly of her career, "Once I'm done, I can look back and say, 'I didn't make a fool out of myself.' " By JULIET MACUR — Anonymous

Only a fool gives up his one treasure. — Juliet Marillier

A man who has faith must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. — G.K. Chesterton

Trying to catch hold of yourself is a fool's errand. There is no you, only a series of former yous, created in one instant, deleted in the next. — Jesse Kellerman

Only a fool blames the dealer — Erika Johansen

I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future — David Gerrold

Only a fool lights a fire and tries to hide at the same time. — Matshona Dhliwayo

What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent. — Bette Davis

Her only fault is that she lacks sense enough to avoid falling in love with such a fool as I! — Seth Grahame-Smith

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool. — Michael Reed

Only a fool leaves cash where a servant can find it,' he said. — Bernard Cornwell

Only a fool will accept a gift you cannot keep. You can't keep anything from the world but salvation is wise and everlasting. John 3:16 — Felix Wantang

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something. — Jean De La Fontaine

Only a fool believes a thing of value will be laid in her lap with no reckoning. — Brian Staveley

This is why I hate things like love, not only it will turn me into a fool, it would also turn me into a complete failure. — Yoshiki Nakamura

Only a fool goes to war in winter. — Jayne Castel

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others. — Otto Von Bismarck

Only a fool takes pride in pretending that a skill he doesn't possess is worthless. — Bernard Cornwell

Only a fool makes threats, and only another fool feels threatened. — Paulo Coelho

Only a fool wants a confrontation and only a fool wants a strike. — Arthur Scargill

Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes a fool of him. — Publilius Syrus

The only way artists can do things is to do it for themselves. Trying to second guess what the public wants or likes is kind of a fool's game. — David Gilmour

Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. — George Bernard Shaw

Only a fool never changes his mind. — Richard Branson

Black moleskin gloves covered his hands; the right because it was burned, the left because a man felt half a fool wearing only one glove. — George R R Martin

Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? — Orhan Pamuk

Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette Thinks he'll get the girl he'll only get the mechanic. — Eddie Vedder

Only a fool would be fighting them, my queen, and though I am a fool, I'm not that foolish. (Lutian) — Kinley MacGregor

Only a fool worries over what he can't control. — Patrick Rothfuss

But only a fool thought he knew what was in a woman's head just because she had a smile on her face. — Robert Jordan

Only a fool tries to outsmart smart people, and anyone that tries to fool fools is himself already one. — William Faulkner

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. — Diogenes

Mary Sibley: So, love is to a woman what war is to a man: the most deadly thing they'll do. Only a fool runs quickly to war or love. — Salem

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

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. — Charles Bukowski

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing personal opinion. Prov 18:2 — Peter W. Gosnell

You could love the sleek, efficient beauty of a brand-new bullet train, but only a fool could imagine it would love you back. — Maggie Stiefvater

I'm not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance; I am not that sort of fool. — Robert A. Heinlein

Only a fool would turn away the love of a good woman, and I was no longer a fool. — Christin Lovell

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home. — Oliver Goldsmith

Only a fool would underestimate a man with nothing to lose. — Lance Conrad

Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions. — Robert A. Heinlein

A fool may buy all the books in the world, and they will be in his library; but he will be able to read only those that he deserves to. — Swami Vivekananda

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

Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him. (Theon Greyjoy) — George R R Martin

If we all knew who God really was and what he really wanted for each and every one of us, we would all know that only a fool could really deny him. — Criss Jami

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time. — Robertson Davies

A fool is someone whose arrogance is only surpassed by his ignorance. — Orrin Woodward

only a fool trips on what's behind him'." — Jade Jones

But only a fool sails into combat with nature — Robert Harris

2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only z in expressing his opinion. — Anonymous

Only a fool would cross a night traveler. — Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Because only the greatest fool alive would rebuff a love such as yours. And I should like to think I am not as stupid as that. — Catherine Miller

There are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and only a fool would paint a boat black. — Nathanael Greene Herreshoff

Only a fool believes that his actions don't shape the world. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon. — Robert Jordan

Who knows where the road will lead us
Only a fool would say,
But if you let me love you
I'm sure to love you all the way. — Frank Sinatra

What a strange creature is a laughing fool,
As if a man were created to no use
But only to show his teeth. — John Webster

Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter. — Jessamyn West

Egalitarianism trumps elitism. Only a selfish fool will tell you otherwise — Jonny Oates

And, beginning to grind his teeth again, Pyotr Petrovich admitted that he'd been a fool
but only to himself, of course. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

She has craters
but only a fool can deny her beauty.
She silently stare sun whole night
& reflects his light
his love with stars at times. — Lokesh Fouzdar

Only a magician can fix a head on a body, but any fool can lop it off. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The difference between a wise man and a fool is a wise man learns his lessons from other people's mistakes and a fool only learns from his own. — Duane "Dog" Chapman

Only a fool would ever claim she was more beautiful than I. The world was full of fools, however. — George R R Martin

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

Only a fool would wish to go back who he was. — Laurie Viera Rigler

He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. — Ben Jonson

Only a fool chooses to live in ignorance when knowledge is so easily obtained. — Jeaniene Frost

A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains. — Gautama Buddha

Only a fool closes the door when the wolf is already inside the barn. — Orson Scott Card

Only a fool would make the bed every day. — Nancy Spain

All names of good and evil are images; they do not speak out, they only hint. He is a fool who seeks knowledge from them. — Friedrich Nietzsche

A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Only a fool demands proof of what he already knows. — Stephen R. Lawhead

Only a fool would dream of riches when what is rarest are moments — Bruce Meyer

Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war. — John McCain

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

Only a fool would attack us. — Vyacheslav Molotov

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Only a fool is always right. — Peprah Boasiako

Only a fool lies brooding over his problems. When the morning comes he's tired out and his problems are the same as before. — Robert Lyndon

IF A MAN is forced to choose between the truth and his father, only a fool chooses the truth. — Greg Iles

Only a king-consort is fool enough to love a queen, he says quietly. — Kendare Blake

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it. — Stendhal

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool. — Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Because only a fool believes everything they read or are told. — Larissa Ione

The Government is making a fool of itself by attributing all terrorism and acts against the government only to one single patriot — Carlos Marighella

Only a genius can play a fool. — Michael Rapaport

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

Only the man who thinks himself a fool is as wise as he thinks. — Criss Jami

It only takes one man to make a woman a fool. — Barbara Samuel

Only a fool would wish to go back to who he was. — Laurie Viera Rigler

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool. — Voltaire

Only a fool could be in love with death. — Sophocles

Only a fool is never afraid, Frank. Heroes are the people who carry on despite their fear, because they know the job's got to get done — Meg Cabot

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Never covet what a fool has;
a fool is only allowed to keep his madness. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Only a fool would leave the enjoyment of rainbows to the opticians. Or give the science of optics the last word on the matter. — Edward Abbey