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Quotes About Foolishness

With all due respect, I am against dumb.
~ John Kennedy
I can see how paperwork and foolishness can destroy something.
~ Mannie Fresh
The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come
~ Peter Ustinov
Only fools revealed their birthdays.
~ Peter Watts
Stupid is as stupid does.
~ Philip Carlo
All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity.
~ Philip Pullman
Ciertamente, el amor es la madre de la sabiduría, pero la pasión lo es de la estupidez.
~ Philipp Vandenberg
Don't forget, Brodeck: it's ignorance that always triumphs, not knowledge.
~ Philippe Claudel
La mort, c'est un peu comme la connerie. Le mort, lui, il ne sait pas qu'il est mort. Ce sont les autres qui sont tristes. Le con, c'est pareil.
~ Philippe Geluck
If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you'll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you.
~ Jonathan Haidt
It is dangerous to pretend that we know more than we do. But it is even more dangerous to pretend that we know less.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
I'd experienced joy, but not nearly enough, could there be enough? The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is no end to suffering, what a mess I am, I thought, what a fool, how foolish and narrow, how worthless, how pinched and pathetic, how helpless.
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
Bütün bana anlatt?klar?n?zdan, sorular?ma verdiÄŸiniz yan?tlardan, ülkeniz halk?ndan birçoÄŸunun, yeryüzünün en aptal ve en kötü yarat?klar? olduÄŸu sonucunu ç?kar?yorum.
~ Jonathan Swift
If there was one thing that life has taught me, it's to accept the most foolish and unthinkable happiness.
~ A. Bondoux
When I was one-and-twentyI heard a wise man say,"Give crowns and pounds and guineasBut not your heart away."
~ A. E. Housman
His folly has not fellowBeneath the blue of dayThat gives to man or womanHis heart and soul away.
~ A. E. Housman
Then Piglet saw what a Foolish Piglet he had been, and he was so ashamed of himself that he ran straight off home and went to bed with a headache.
~ A.A. Milne
When I Was One-And-Twenty When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, "Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free." But I was one-and-twenty, No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, "The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue." And I am two-and-twenty, And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
~ A.E. Housman
You do smart things and stupid things in the thick of a moment.
~ Aaron Starmer
Kimse bana dünyan?n çirkin yüzünü görmeyi ögretmemiÅŸti ve ben her ÅŸeyi aptal gibi görüyor, hiçbir ÅŸeyi anlam?yordum.
~ Abdulrazak Gurnah
Hanya orang bodoh yang mau meminjamkan bukunya, tetapi hanya orang gila yang mau mengembalikan buku yang sudah dia pinjam.
~ Abdurrahman Wahid
TRUE, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
~ Abigail Van Buren
A fool with a tool is still a fool.
~ Abraham Verghese
L'impressione che mi resi conto di aver fatto sulla bella mi fece diventare, esattamente come lei desiderava, simile ad uno scemo
~ Adalbert von Chamisso