Subject: Intelligence » Fools (Page 5)

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

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

A fool with a plan can beat a genius with no plan.

(1928 – 2019) American business magnate a&d financier

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

(1948 – ) English novelist

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

So I'm at the wailing wall, standing there like a moron, with my harpoon.

(1956 – ) American comedian

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

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

American author

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with it's just compounding the felony.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

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

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

(1897 – 1975) American author & playwright

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.

It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain—and most fools do.

(1888 – 1955) American writer, lecturer & developer of self-improvement skills

Empty vessels make most noise.

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

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

(1933 – 1967) English playwright