I know that the strong, black woman is the most beautiful creature in this world, so that’s why I always have the utmost respect for my sisters. That’s why I make sure I’m not out here disrespecting women and acting a fool.
My feet have been my best friend for the last 40 years. I’ve just been a dancing fool on stage, and after awhile you just kind of wear them out.
That’s what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he’s wise.
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.
Always remember, money isn’t everything – but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
I am playing a superhero for kids, and I don’t want them to think I’m some dirty fool.
Only a fool permits the letter of the law to override the spirit in the heart. Do not let a piece of paper stand in the way of true love and headlines.
The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.
Conservatives may believe that impoverished borrowers destroyed Wall Street. But we liberals will not fool ourselves that stupid bankers sank conservatism for good.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
I have learned that any fool can write a bad ad, but that it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.
Anyone who ghettoizes any form of media is a fool.
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
I’m delighted by how Nobody’s Fool turned out. It was a rare movie.
The fool knows after he’s suffered.
I made it real clear to the business community – if your plan for innovation is to trick people, is to fool them, is not to tell them the truth about the price, then you’re right: I’m going to be right in the way.
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.
Look at all of the pitchers getting six- and seven-year deals at 30, 31, and 32. You see what’s going on and the money that’s out there. You’d be a fool not to try to benefit from that, or at least try to get what you feel you’re worth.
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
If I feel like I can’t play ball anymore, I’ll stop that day. I’m not a fool. I respect the game too much.
The thing that I’ve learned, not just from writing comics but also from writing television programs like ‘Law & Order,’ is that you can fool some of the people some of the time – but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.
That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.
It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought.
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.
I’d really like to play a character who’s inarticulate. I always play people with language. It would be good to play a mute or a fool or a saint.
I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can’t fool anyone because it’s on the page.
A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
Anybody who thinks they’re the perfect parent is a fool.
I desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I should be worse than a fool and ten times worse than a madman.
It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.
However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.
Ay – ‘The Green Fool’ business, the libel action over the head of it – did me a lot of damage. It destroyed the momentum.
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.
Having a million-dollar net worth doesn’t make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn’t make you a fool.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
A fool and his money are soon elected.
I’m fighting the best guys in the world… I would be a fool to think I wouldn’t leave with a little blood and a few scrapes here and there. You’ve gotta learn how to like that stuff.
Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?
My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I’ve done my job.
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.
Not everybody that loves country music is ‘sitting on a bar stool/feelin’ like a durn fool.’
Drama school is really a forum for making a fool of yourself.
I felt that if the public found out that a black man made a fool of David Duke, his attempts at a political career would have fallen by wayside.
I think that people like Bloomberg, they’re complete thugs. No question about it. But on the other hand, it must be said that they are politically savvy. They don’t get into those positions of power – in the case of Bloomberg, both economic and political power – by being anybody’s fool.
Trump is like a Shakespearean ‘fool’: he seems crass because he speaks the truth.
You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.
Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can’t beat them, and if you can’t beat them, join them, as they say. As I’ve got older I’ve become very interested in that part of the work.
An unemployed court jester is nobody’s fool.
I was out dancing with one actress or another. And that got press. Even when it didn’t, the whole town knew I was a dancing fool, and since I couldn’t very well dance with a man, they saw me dancing with a lady, and they assumed the rest.
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
If people are cool, then they are not stressed. I pity the fool that don’t be cool.
Any lazy or biased fool can have opinions; making judgments is the hard work of responsible and compassionate people.
Shinsuke Nakamura is probably one of the best wrestlers I’ve ever been in the ring with. He’s very unorthodox. Everything he does is with knockout power. He’s a guy who is very flamboyant, so don’t let his Michael Jackson antics fool you. This guy is deadly.
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
It’s interesting: when your wife is pregnant and you’re expecting, everyone’s like, ‘It’s incredible. Get ready. It’s magic. It’s the most life-changing experience you’ll ever have. Brace yourself for heaven.’ And then the second the baby comes, everyone’s like, ‘Welcome to hell! Ha ha ha! You fool!’
As a child, I was a clown. I didn’t hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky characters.
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?
Only a fool would believe Trump would draw a sharp, bright line between his personal and family financial interests and the interests of the nation.
In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day’s work for a writer. You can’t put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well.
But when I did think about it and looked at the whole package – the producers behind the show, the writers, the cast I would be working with – I would have been a fool to turn it down just because the role for me was another gay role.
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.
A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.
I wasn’t absolutely too sure where the Falklands was, and I didn’t want to make a bloody fool of myself.
My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.
When you start to become a movie star it’s easy to believe that you are Superman. That can fool you. That’s why I prefer not to pay much attention to fame.
A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
Making a fool out of yourself and putting it on the Internet is one of the best bonding experiences you could have.
When I’m writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I’m crying and laughing and making faces.
