Quotes About Foolishness

Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.

A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.

Postoje ideje koje su toliko pogrešne, da samo najinteligentnije osobe mogu u njih vjerovati.

Senin görüÅŸlerini sonuna kadar dinledikten sonra kendi bildiÄŸini okumakta direten, senden daha zeki bir ç?lg?na kar?? ne yapabilirsin ki, diye geçirdi akl?ndan.

Without wisdom, gold is quickly lost by those who have it, but with wisdom, gold can be secured by those who have it not, as these three bags of gold do prove.

Sermon: Why this surprising? Did you think you were going to live forever? Only difference between you, sitting there anticipating rest of your day, and Todd, in coffin, bound for eternal home in cold earth? Is heartbeat. Feel that, people? In your chests? This is thin line between you and grave. So why do you live like you are eternal? That foolish, you are fools. This scary? This not scary! This truth, this reality!

He didn't like the thought of them knowing he'd been scared. Didn't like the thought of them knowing what a fool he'd been. Oh, to hell with that! Tell everyone! He'd done it! He'd been driven to do it and he'd done it and that was it. That was him. That was part of who he was.

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.

Fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again.

she was generally considered to be a pretty woman; and, since she was as good-natured as she was foolish, she was almost universally liked.

She wasn't as foolish as her sister, but she had more hair than wit

There is nothing blinder than a very young woman.

Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.

I know now that there are men out there who are, for me, the whole package, who are supportive of my successes because they know I will be just as supportive of theirs. I'm less tolerant of foolishness now; I know that it's important I not tie myself up with the wrong person, because then I will miss the right person coming along.

I cannot tolerate fools - won't have anything to do with them. I only want to associate with brilliant people.

He smiled at me over his shoulder, a little smile and kind of twisted, but it meant he was glad I was here, and it made me warm all the way to my fucking toes. Yeah, I'm an idiot, thanks for noticing.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance.

No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot.

Crooked Warden," said Locke, "men are stupid. Protect us from ourselves. If you can't, let it be quick and painless.

So, uh, just to be clear," said Calo, "none of us are going to be fighting Jean?" "Not unless you're inconceivably stupid.

I can be very loud, when I'm being stupid.

This is necessary nonsense.