Subject: Intelligence » Fools (Page 2)

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

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

A fool and his money are soon elected.

Never argue with an idiot; they will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.

(1772 – 1851) American Presbyterian theologian & professor

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

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

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

(1824 – 1895) French writer

You’ve heard of people living in a fool’s paradise? … well, Leonora has a duplex there.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

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

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

A fool in a high station is like a man on the top of a small mountain: everything appears small to him and he appears small to everybody.

There are many inside dopes in politics and government.

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

American author

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

Empty vessels make most noise.

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

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

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

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

A fool and his money is a friend indeed.

I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer

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

(1948 – ) English novelist