#fool

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. ↗

— John Updike

#few #few men #foolish #goodness #hence

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#am #anew #day #every #every day

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#silence #wise

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#ask #best #even #examinations #fool

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task. ↗

— William Congreve

#fellow #find #fool #hard #his

I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment. ↗

— Tatyana Tolstaya

#deserve #entertainment #fools #good #good attitude

My ears won't fool me. Even when I do a session on digital, we still warm it up somewhere in the process, in mastering or mixing, running the signal through some tubes somewhere. ↗

— Steve Cropper

#ears #even #fool #i #i do

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. ↗

— John Tillotson

#chiefly #fit #flourishes #fools #men

I think fans can tell if you just slap a skateboarder on a game - you can't fool kids. ↗

— Shaun White

#fool #game #i #i think #just

It's fool's gold if you are winning games and are not playing the right way. ↗

— Antonio Davis

#games #gold #playing #right #right way