“Some have at first for wits, then poets passed, Turned critics next, and proved plain fools at last.” FirstsLastsNextPoetFoolCriticsWit Author:Alexander Pope
“You are a fool to speak of last great battles...for the last great battle is always the next one.” LastsNextSpeakFoolBattleThe Next OneGreat Battle Author:Roger Zelazny
“The best thing next to wit is a consciousness that it is not in us; without wit, a man might then know how to behave himself, so as not to appear to be a fool or a coxcomb.” KnowsMenMightNextConsciousnessKnow HowFoolWitBest ThingsBehave Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“First, I was an idealist (that was early - fools are born, not made, you know); next I was a realist; now I am a pessimist, and, by Jove! if things get much worse I'll become a humorist.” IfsKnowsFirstsMadeNextBornFoolPessimismPessimistRealistIdealistHumorists Book:The Descendant Source: The Descendant
“When I flew from Orlando to Los Angeles in 1960, I sat next to a guy from Disney who was paying 75¢ an acre for land. I thought he was some special kind of fool - and since they built the park, history has proven there was a fool sitting in one of our seats.” KindGuyNextLandSpecialFoolSittingBuiltSatNflParksSeatsLos AngelesProven1960sFlewAcresOrlando Author:Deacon Jones
“I'm willing to make a fool out of myself in public. I'm also willing to make those mistakes that you're going to make the first time you go out, so hopefully the next time it will be better.” FirstsNextMistakeWillingFoolFirst TimeHopefullyNext Time Author:Neil Gaiman
“Next-door a baker's apprentice with his wife, an employee in a printing-shop, she has inflammation of the ovaries. Wonder what those two get out of life? Well, first of all, they get each other, then last Sunday a vaudeville and a film, then this or that club meeting and a visit to his parents. Nothing else? Well now, don't drop dead, sir. Add to that nice weather, bad weather, country picnics, standing in front of the stove, eating breakfast and so on. And what more do you get, you, captain, general, jockey, whoever you are? Don't fool yourself.” LifeFirstsWellsTwoCountryLastsFilmNextParentWonderNiceWifeDoorsFrontsFoolEatingStandingAddMeetingsClubsWeatherShopsEmployeeSundayBreakfastCaptainsPrintingApprenticeBakersPicnicsStovesJockeysBad WeatherVaudevilleOvariesEating BreakfastNice Weather Author:Alfred Doblin
“Women do fool around. But the reason they don't get caught is that when a woman mess with a man he lives cross town, out of town. Fellas we mess with next door neighbor, co-worker, wondering why she found out.” MenReasonNextFoundWonderDoorsFoolCrossesTownsWorkersCaughtNeighborMessCo WorkerFellasNext Door Neighbors Author:Bruce Bruce
“Surprisingly, a large number of people who fell out with their partners contacted us, saying that they would love to fly on a Virgle spaceship. But out of April Fools' jokes come real things, and I wouldn't be surprised, within the next 50 years, [if] there are one-way trips heading out into space with people on it. It would be very exciting.” PeopleIfsWayYearsRealWould BeNextSpaceNumbersFoolJokesExcitingPartnersOne WayAprilReal ThingsHeadingsLarge NumbersSpaceshipsApril Fools Author:Richard Branson
“This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!” StatesNextPresidentUnitedUnited StatesFoolElectionStupidity Author:Dan Quayle
“Next out of the hall came the sisters and their husbands. Before I could say anything, the captain had clamped his hand over my mouth and was lifting me off my feet as I kicked. Cornwall made as to draw his dagger, but Regan pulled him away. "You've just won a kingdom, my duke, killing vermin is a servant's task. Leave the bitter fool stew in his own bile." She wanted me. It was clear.” MadeHandsWantedNextClearFeetFoolHusbandDrawsMouthsTasksKillingKingdomsBitterServantHallsCaptainsSay AnythingLiftingDukesDaggersStewVerminCornwallRegan Author:Christopher Moore