Subject: Intelligence » Fools (Page 2)

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

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

There’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking like an idiot.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Circus: A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

(1824 – 1895) French writer

April 1: The day we are reminded of what we are the other 364.

An admiring drunk to Parker: I simply can’t bear fools.
Parker: Apparently, your mother did not have the same difficulty.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

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

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side.

(1925 – ) writer

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

Empty vessels make most noise.

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

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

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

(427 BC – 347 BC) Greek author & philosopher

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

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

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.

(1772 – 1851) American Presbyterian theologian & professor

A fool and his money is a friend indeed.