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Quotes About Foolishness

It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief.
~ Charles James Fox
Thus did they nurse their folly, as the good wife of Tam O'Shanter did her wrath, "to keep it warm.
~ Charles Mackay
Every fool aspired to be a knave.
~ Charles Mackay
Gallantry," he often told his men, "is an act of great courage under fire, of bravery beyond the call of duty. But if it kills your comrades as well or puts the battle in jeopardy, then it is arrant pride and foolishness. Learn to know the difference.
~ Charles Todd
Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great".
~ Cher
consumption of brandy, he was trampled to death when he attempted to
~ Cheryl Bolen
He began to cross the street, thinking as he did that everyone was really very foolish to be screaming and yelling, to be afraid. After all, what could the dead do? They weren't moving, were not even speaking
~ Chet Williamson
The world's most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us.
~ Chetan Bhagat
The world's most sensible and the most idiotic person lies within us.. the worst part is we can't say who is who
~ Chetan Bhagat
The world's most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us. The worst part is, you can't even tell who is who.
~ Chetan Bhagat
Hindsight — a.k.a. I was a fool, such a fool!
~ Terri Guillemets
Every man is a damn fool at least ten minutes a day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
~ Elbert Hubbard, 1909
Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that.
~ Golda Meir, 1972
We're fools whether or not we dance, so we may as well dance.
~ Author Unknown
What fools, indeed, we mortals are To lavish care upon a Car With ne'er a bit of time to see About our own machinery!
~ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
He who physics himself poisons a fool.
~ Proverb
The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.
~ H. P. Lovecraft
Let me just say it: Bein a idiot is no box of chocolates.
~ Hans Bauer
The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogren and stupidity.
~ Harlan Ellison
The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
~ Harlan Ellison
The world is turning into a cesspool of imbeciles.
~ Harlan Ellison
To admit the presence of fear isn't weakness. Only a fool would pretend that he is never fearful.
~ Harold J. Sala
The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
Intelligence resembles insanity only to the stupid.
~ Harry Harrison