“I had fooled myself into thinking that I was something important to the rest of the world.”
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
“The next time I send a damn fool for something, I go myself.”
Reported in Paul F. Boller, John George, They Never Said It (1990), p. 41-42.
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As recorded in Time Will Tell (1992), a documentary by Declan Lowney
Variant: We don't have education we have inspiration; if I was educated I would be a damn fool.
Source: Bob Marley - Legend