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Quotes About Foolishness

You can't fix stupid . . . even with duct tape.
~ Unknown
The folly of humankind is that it believes it is impervious to decay
~ Tony DiTerlizzi
Folks make a terrible mistake when they put themselves in the devil's company and think they can outwit him. He's crafty and wants to eat you alive.
~ Tracie Peterson
Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.
~ Trudi Canavan
Idiotic hopeful former self had hoped for them. Idiotic hopeful former self was very stupid. In
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Idiotic hopeful former self had hoped for them. Idiotic hopeful former self was very stupid.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Those strokes of profound cunning, those little stratagems that had seemed individually so impenetrable, now in the mass took on a sadly imbecile appearance.
~ Patrick O'Brian
Argue with idiots, and you become an idiot.
~ Paul Graham
We are a vain, greedy, and foolish people. We squander and spoil, befoul and defile. We take for granted the beauties and bounties of nature, but in the end nature will out. We will dry up or smoke out or choke on our own waste. In the end we will pay the ultimate price.
~ Paul Levine
The wise are wise only because they love. And the foolish are foolish only because they think they can understand love.
~ Paulo Coelho
I wanted to...feel hatred and love, despair and tedium-- all those simple, yet foolish things that make up everyday life but that give pleasure to your existence. If one day I could get out of here, I would allow myself to be crazy, Everyone is indeed crazy, but the craziest are the ones who don't know they are crazy; they just keep repeating what others tell them to.
~ Paulo Coelho
Intelligent people discuss ideas. Fools discuss how people should behave.
~ Paulo Coelho
El sabio es sabio porque ama. El loco es loco porque piensa que puede entender el amor.
~ Paulo Coelho
Omul prost se teme de cel deÈ™tept È™i îl ur??te. Oricât de bun ar fi cel deÈ™tept, trebuie s? priceap? c? asta nu va cuceri afecÈ›iunea unuia cu mai puÈ›in? minte decât el.
~ Pearl S. Buck
One can never win an argument with ignorance.
~ Wes Fesler
Wise men argue causes and fools decide them.
~ Anacharsis
please Lady... Do not speak of it. I was young and foolish. You most certainly were. You are cruel, Evanna.
~ Darren Shan
but you were a fool to bring that pider into this house
~ Darren Shan
Agree with an idiot and you're only one step away from turning into one yourself.
~ Unknown
He had made a series of foolish decisions in his life. He had not planned well. He had not had courage when he needed it. His decisions had been short sighted. The decisions of his peers had been short sighted. These decisions had been foolish and expedient.
~ Dave Eggers
But then again, you could never underestimate the stupidity of some people.
~ David Baldacci
Everything is idiocy if you choose to look at it in the proper perspective.
~ David Eddings
Any fool can raise an army, but you start running into trouble around suppertime.
~ David Eddings
Your Highness could never be silly,' Adara told her. Ce'Nedra lifted her chin. 'Oh yes I can,' she declared. 'I've got as much right to make a fool of myself in public as anyone else.
~ David Eddings