Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
Sometimes in politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be fool enough to allow skunks to choose the weapons.
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was.
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
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.
The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.
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.
I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.
You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.
I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.