Fooling Quotes

“It is hard to befool a fool who has already been fooled so many times”

“I think the easiest people to fool are ourselves. Fooling ourselves may even be a necessary precondition for fooling others.”

“Errors were not only meant to be committed by fools.”

“Now, it’s time for me to lock up and go. Listen to me. Lock up an empty building that’s gonna be torn down. Makes no sense. Like an old man tellin’ a lie to his son from his death bed. What’s the point? Who besides yourself are you fooling?”

“I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think.”

“Resentment lies in the heart of fools.”

“Who was I fooling, telling my heart to quiet its beautiful song so I could march in the parade of conformity? My biggest fool was me.”

“When human consciousness stops fooling itself and looks at the situation straight on, it can't cope.”

“Fool me once, shame on youfool me twice, shame on mefool me thrice, I'm gonna get the frying pan!”

“At the most basic level, self-deception is fooling ourselves into believing something that is false -- or -- not believing something that is true.”