Pastoral Resources

I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

The fool knows after he's suffered.

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.

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment.

I'd be a fool to be in this for the money.

Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.

Words are the money of fools.

Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon with them, but they are the money of fools.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people are full of doubts.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

Only fools are positive.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.