“An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can't risk anybody laughing at them.” ThinkingStillsUnited StatesLaughingRiskFoolLaughterEnglandFellowsLaughedEnglishmen Author:Pearl S. Buck
“Only a dreamer or a fool would pick a stock at random and expect it to take off like a space ship from its launching pad. Certainly this has happened - about as often as a dime-store clerk has become a Hollywood star or a boy born in a log cabin has been elected President of the United States - just often enough, that is, to keep alive the Great American Dream.” Has BeensStatesEnoughDreamStarsPresidentBornSpaceUnitedBoysUnited StatesAliveHappenedFoolPicksHollywoodStoresShipsDreamerAmerican DreamDimesGreat AmericanClerksPadsCabinsLaunchingHollywood StarsLog Cabins Author:Catherine Crook de Camp
“God knows that any man who would seek the presidency of the United States is a fool for his pains. The burden is all but intolerable, and the things that I have to do are just as much as the human spirit can carry.” KnowsMenHumansStatesPainSpiritUnitedUnited StatesFoolBurdenPresidencyHuman SpiritSegregationGod Knows Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson
“It's a phony issue. To pretend the death penalty is going to end crime in the United States is to fool people, to promote public ignorance.” PeopleEndsStatesUnitedUnited StatesIssuesCrimeIgnoranceFoolPenaltiesDeath PenaltyPhony Author:Rudy Giuliani