“Fortune has been considered the guardian divinity of fools; and, on this score, she has been accused of blindness; but it should rather be adduced as a proof of her sagacity, when she helps those who cannot help themselves.” ShouldHas BeensHelpingFoolFortuneProofDivinityScoreBlindnessAccusedGuardianSagacity Book:Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
“Today, John Kerry announced a fool-proof plan to wipe out the $500B deficit. John Kerry has a plan, he's going to put it on his wife's Gold Card.” TodayWifePlansFoolGoldProofCardsDeficitWipeJohn KerryFool Proof Author:Craig Kilborn
“A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant.” FirstsLooksHugeFoolMethodProofBlockElephantsChipsMarbleSculptingFool Proof Author:George Bernard Shaw
“You can be a thorough-going Neo-Darwinian without imagination, metaphysics, poetry, conscience, or decency. For 'Natural Selection' has no moral significance: it deals with that part of evolution which has no purpose, no intelligence, and might more appropriately be called accidental selection, or better still, Unnatural Selection, since nothing is more unnatural than an accident. If it could be proved that the whole universe had been produced by such Selection, only fools and rascals could bear to live.” IfsStillsWholeMightPoetryPurposeUniverseImaginationNaturalDealsMoralFoolBearsEvolutionConscienceIntelligenceAccidentsProofSignificanceMetaphysicsSelectionDecencyUnnaturalThoroughNatural SelectionRascalsAppropriateness Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools. So far, I think nature is winning.” ThinkingMenWinningFoolBiggerProofBigger And BetterFool Proof Author:Albert Einstein
“Brains are still unfashionable for women to wear, and it has always been proof of women's superiority that the more intelligent a man is, the more women admire him, while the bigger fool a woman is, the more men run after her.” MenStillsRunningBrainFoolBiggerIntelligentProofAdmireSuperiority Author:Dorothea Dix
“You certainly can't be a perfect person, coming up with the 100% correct solution, all the time. It's just a combination of a chain of good decisions that comes up with a successful product or a successful film. That's what you hope for. But, nothing about the system is 100% fool proof.” PersonsFilmDecisionPerfectSuccessfulProductsFoolSolutionsCome UpProofChainsCombinationGood DecisionPerfect PersonFool Proof Author:Rick Heinrichs
“A closed mouth gathers no foot. A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking. A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant.” ThinkingFirstsLooksFeetHugeFoolMouthsMethodTiredProofBlockConclusionElephantsChipsMarbleSculptingFool Proof Author:David Gries
“There are only three people in life you can never fool--pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother. Since your mother's dead, I've taken her place. Hence, I'm bullshit-proof.” PeopleMotherThreeTakenFoolProofBullshit Book:The Lies of Locke Lamora Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora