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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.
Australian economist, company director and politician
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
17th-century English poet and playwright
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
American sportscaster and writer
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469-1527)
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
To be a man’s own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody’s.
English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.
British writer and poet (1916-1990)
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
American writer
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.
president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (American, 1809-1865)
You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.
American film producer