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Not A Fool Quotes

I mean to have you, Rose, you and all of your thorns. I'm a disagreeable and stubborn bastard, but I'm not a fool. You didn't really expect me to pass you up, did you?
- Ilona Andrews

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not - a fool among fools or a fool alone.
- Thornton Wilder

We're all fools," said Clemens, "all the time. It's just we're a different kind each day. We think, I'm not a fool today. I've learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we're not perfect and live accordingly.
- Ray Bradbury

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.
- Gerald Brenan

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

The reality is, it will be a significant conflict going for many, many months, if not longer. Saddam Hussein is not a fool. He hasn't been sitting there waiting to get shot for 13 years.
- John Hewson

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
- Marcus Valerius Martial

I am not a fool.
- Maria V Snyder

I know my husband. He died with God's name on his lips if anybody's. He always loved his work more than me." (Kate) "Then he was a fool," the captain said with such bitterness that she felt sorry for him, too. "No. He was not a fool," she said. "And he loved me. I know he did. He just belonged to God. I only borrowed him for a time." (p.383)
- Brenda Rickman Vantrease

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