A Quote by Thomas J. Barratt

Any fool can make soap. It takes a clever man to sell it.

Thomas J. Barratt

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Thomas J. Barratt
1841 - April 28, 1914

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

Samuel Butler

Any fool can waste, any fool can muddle, but it takes something of a man to save, and the more he saves the more of a man does it make of him.

Rudyard Kipling

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

J. G. Ballard

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty. Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; But it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool. I never made a mistake in my life; At least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards

Rudyard Kipling

Show me a man or woman who cannot stand mysteries and I will show you a fool, a clever fool - perhaps - but a fool just the same.

Raymond Chandler

any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

Clive Barker

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

Fannie Hurst

Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any fool can muddle; but it takes something more of a man to save and the more he saves the more of a man he makes of himself. Waste and extravagance unsettle a man's mind for every crisis; thrift, which means some form of self-restraint, steadies it.

Rudyard Kipling

Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Politics is not really politics any more. It is run, for the most part, by Madison Avenue advertising firms, who sell politicians to the public the way they sell bars of soap or cans of beer.

Helen Caldicott

Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.

Woody Guthrie

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

Rudyard Kipling

My father wanted me to play pro football, and he didn't like the fact that I'd left school. And he said, "It takes a man to play football. And any fool can go up on the stage and make an ass of himself.