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Quotes About Foolishness

It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools.
~ Spanish proverb
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
~ Thomas Paine
I know what you want. And I know what you need. But I'm gonna screw it up, yeah, cause I'm an idiot. And I'm your boyfriend.
~ Jimmy Fallon
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.
~ George W. Bush
Say something idiotic and nobody but a dog politely wags his tail.
~ Virginia Graham
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
~ Elbert Hubbard
Once I pulled a job, I was so stupid. I picked a guy's pocket on an airplane and made a run for it.
~ Rodney Dangerfield
In order to be old and wise, you first need to be young and stupid
~ Unknown
To be old & wise...you have to be young & stupid.
~ Unknown
To be old and wise, you must first have to be young and stupid.
~ Unknown
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
~ Unknown
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
~ Frank Leahy
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
~ Unknown
My revenue is the silly cheat
~ William Shakespeare
We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards
~ William Shakespeare
The world is full of idiots that is the best way to explain intelligence.
~ Unknown
A group of idiots led by a wise man can defeat a group of wise people led by an idiot.
~ Unknown
Too often they don't realize what they have until it's gone. ...they're too stubborn to say, 'Sorry, I was wrong' they hurt the ones closest to their hearts, and we let the most foolish things tear us apart
~ Marilyn Monroe
me he convencido de que el amor tiene siempre, inevitablemente, algo de ridículo.
~ Mario Benedetti
Cuando el tipo reía, era como para ponerse a reflexionar sobre las imprevistas variantes de la imbecilidad humana.
~ Mario Benedetti
Los que a sabiendas hieren y matan y torturan, se creen fieles lacayos de la muerte, pero esos imbéciles no saben que, desde tiempo inmemorial, la parquísima inmola a sus lacayos. Cuando
~ Mario Benedetti
One would think the governments of these countries would know better, but they are just as asinine as all governments throughout history. Maybe
~ Unknown
If you aren't willing to look foolish, you're foolish. And that's why so many people have never built an ark, killed a giant, or walked on water.
~ Mark Batterson
coined and collected over the years. Faith is climbing out on a limb, cutting it off, and watching the tree fall down. If doubt is putting your circumstances between you and God, faith is putting God between you and your circumstances. Faith is unlearning your fears until all that's left is the fear of God. Faith is the willingness to look foolish. And I've already mentioned it, but it's worth repeating: faith is taking the first step before God reveals the second step.
~ Mark Batterson