Subject: Intelligence » Fools (Page 3)

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

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate.

(1948 – ) English novelist

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

(1824 – 1895) French writer

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

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

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

American author

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.

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(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

How many fools does it take to make up a public?

(1741 – 1794) French writer

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

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer

There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

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 in the world than there are people.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet

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

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

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

A fool and his money is a friend indeed.