Quotes About Foolishness

You know you're a fool when what you're doing makes even the post office seem efficient.

It takes a smart man to play dumb.

A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

rejoice and make a fool of yourself for God the way lovers have always made fools of themselves for the one they love." —Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words

Don't be stupid. Of course I'll help you. We must always look after our friends, even when they are foolish. Especially when they are foolish.

All great men begin as fools. It's one of life's little jokes.

Dying isn't the worst thing in the world, but dying because you're stupid is.

We must always look after our friends, even when they are foolish. Especially when they are foolish.

In the Tarot deck, the Fool is depicted as a young man about to step off a cliff into empty air. Most people assume that the Fool will fall. But we don't see it happen, and a Fool doesn't know that he's subject to the laws of gravity. Against all odds, he just might float.

Never underestimate the power of stupid

Any fool can attack an army and die. A wise man doesn't plan an attack; he plans a victory.

The things that are the most necessary, the most critical to us, are the things we take most for granted. Air. Water. Love. If you have someone to love, you are lucky. If they love you back, you're blessed. And if you waste the time you have to love them, you're a fool.

But that is how it is in the world—the wise are hung and the fools are glorified, at least while they are living.

We humans...are seriously flawed. The things that are the most necessary, the most critical to us, are the things we take most for granted. Air. Water. Love. If you have someone to love, you are lucky. If they love you back, you're blessed. And if you waste the time you have to love them, you're a fool.

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know...

He who is unaware of his ignorance will only be misled by his knowledge.

He that is not aware of his ignorance, will be only misled by his knowledge.

He who is not aware of his ignorance will only be misled by his knowledge.

Photography turns one and all into fools, including—especially—artists like himself, eager to hunt life and trap as many of its fleeting variables as possible inside a 35 mm frame but doomed to return empty-handed far more often than not.