Speaking is the one trait in which woman is superior to man. Consider what happens when a couple argues. The man tries to talk to the woman. The stupid fool – he can never win. – Harry Harlow
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run? – John Donne
Fool that I was, upon my eagle’s wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me. – John Dryden
Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you’re 52? Nobody’s going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It’s nice that you got to be so old. It’s a blessing. – Iris Apfel
Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural and healthy dirtiness again. – James Stephens
Kids are smart: don’t underestimate their bull detector. Contemporary kids have access to a lot of information, so don’t even try to fool them. I have never been more nervous about my research than when writing for young adults because they pick up every single error. – Isabel Allende
You have to muster a certain amount of belief that you’re not making a mistake and you’re not a fool. And this means you have to have faith. – Julia Cameron
I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can’t accommodate metamorphoses. – Jack Kemp
I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty. – James A. Garfield
I guess if you’re stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool. – James Blunt
Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day. – J. D. Hayworth
Look, at the same time that I don’t want to be a celebrity, I understand that when you make movies you put yourself out in the public eye. I’d be a baby and a fool to be like, ‘Why are there cameras taking pictures of me?’ when I’m on a billboard for a movie. I think that’s a very absurd concept. – Jonah Hill
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. – Jeremy Taylor
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. – J. B. Priestley
The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself. – John Ciardi
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. – Joseph Addison
And I love the twist. I love to fool you once, I love to fool you twice, and on the very last page, quite often – very last paragraph sometimes – I like to just play with your perception one more time in a way that makes everything that came before just a little bit different. – Harlan Coben
We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes. – J. William Fulbright
The message is pretty clear: Americans are sick and tired of the doubletalk coming out of Washington, of us going home and saying we’re conservative and then coming up here and voting for 10,000 earmarks. We can’t fool America anymore; the media is too good. They’re reporting what we’re really doing. – Jim DeMint
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. – Gemma Ward
I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids’ parties for about three years. – Hugh Jackman