Subject: Intelligence » Fools (Page 2)

The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

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

(1942 – ) English politician

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

Never argue with a fool… people might not know the difference.

A fool and his money are soon elected.

A fool and his money are soon partying.

There are many inside dopes in politics and government.

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

Jazz: Music invented by demons for the torture of imbeciles.

(1852 – 1933) author, educator & clergyman

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

A fool and his money are soon married.

(1862 – 1942) American author & poet

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

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer

People with narrow minds usually have broad tongues.

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

The fellow who laughs last may laugh best, but he gets the reputation of being very slow-witted.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist