Subject: Intelligence » Fools (Page 5)

I wonder sometimes if manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.

(1938 – 2007) British writer

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

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

Get the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

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

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

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

(1897 – 1982) French writer

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

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

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

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

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

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

(1948 – ) English novelist

Most people don't act stupid: it's the real thing!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn’t be any fun living in it, or profit.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

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

A fishing rod is a stick with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

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

(1942 – ) English politician

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.

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

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Fools rush in and get the best seats.

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