Subject: Intelligence » Fools (Page 3)

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

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

How did a fool and his money get together in the first place?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

There are more fools in the world than there are people.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet

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

(1824 – 1895) French writer

A fool and your money are soon partners.

If you make something idiot-proof, the world will create a better idiot.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Do not argue with an idiot; he/she will drag you down to his/her level and beat you with experience.

The love letter you finally got the courage to send will be delayed in the post long enough for you to make a fool of yourself in person.

A fool and his money are soon partying.

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

Psychic: An individual having an uncanny, seemingly supernatural, talent for extracting money from morons.

American author

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.

(1897 – 1982) French writer

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.

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

(1667 – 1745) Irish satirist & essayist

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer