Subject: Intelligence » Fools (Page 2)

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

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

I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer

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

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

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

(427 BC – 347 BC) Greek author & philosopher

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

A fool and his money is a friend indeed.

It ain’t what a man don’t know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain’t so.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Jazz: Music invented by demons for the torture of imbeciles.

(1852 – 1933) author, educator & clergyman

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

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

Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side.

(1925 – ) writer

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Fools rush in… and get the best seats.

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

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

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

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

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

(1904 – 1989) Spanish surrealist painter

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

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist