Subject: Intelligence » Fools (Page 3)

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

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

(85–43 BC) Latin writer

A fool and his money are soon married.

(1862 – 1942) American author & poet

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

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

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

There are many inside dopes in politics and government.

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.

The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot.

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

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

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

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

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Fools rush in… and get the best seats.

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

The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

An admiring drunk to Parker: I simply can’t bear fools.
Parker: Apparently, your mother did not have the same difficulty.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

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

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Empty vessels make most noise.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

He couldn’t grow pole beans in a pile of horse shit.

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