Subject: Intelligence » Fools

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist
Fools Intelligence

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic
Fools Intelligence

The trouble isn’t that there are too many fools, but that the lightning isn’t distributed right.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Fools Intelligence Science/Weather

A word to the wise ain’t necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor
Fools Intelligence Wisdom

Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

My father was a simple man; my mother was a simple woman; you see the result standing in front of you, a simpleton.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor
Family Fathers Fools Intelligence Mothers People Self

There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are well-dressed fools.

(1741 – 1794) French writer
Fools Ideas Intelligence

Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.

Fools Individuals Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

Fools Intelligence

Great spirits often meet violent opposition with mediocre minds.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
Fools Intelligence Mind

Never argue with an idiot; they will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author
Fools Intelligence

I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.

(1824 – 1895) French writer
Characteristics Fools Intelligence

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

(1933 – 1967) English playwright
Fools Intelligence Stupidity

It ain’t what a man don’t know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain’t so.

(1818 – 1885) humorist
Fools Intelligence

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
Fools Intelligence People

You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it damnfoolproof.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

(1741 – 1794) French writer
Fools Intelligence People

You take a normal guy, give him a wife, give them time, and you've got AN IDIOT!

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality
Fools Husbands Intelligence Marriage Wives

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Work

A fool and his money is a friend indeed.

Fools Friends Intelligence Money People

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician
Fools Intelligence Money People