Subject: Intelligence » Fools

There are many inside dopes in politics and government.

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Equality is not when a female Einstein gets promoted to assistant professor; equality is when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.

Little things affect little minds.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

(1741 – 1794) French writer

Couldn’t find his rear with his hands in his back pockets

There’s no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

(1908 – 2003) Hungarian-American nuclear physicist

Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

(1897 – 1975) American author & playwright

Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.

I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer

You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.

(1942 – ) English politician

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Great spirits often meet violent opposition with mediocre minds.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

When arguing with a stupid person, be sure he isn’t doing the same thing.

The less a person knows, the more he wants to tell it.

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain—and most fools do.

(1888 – 1955) American writer, lecturer & developer of self-improvement skills