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Quotes About Foolishness

In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people; for who sees not, but that it is a curse to be unready as these foolish virgins, who were therefore shut out.
~ Thomas Shepard
Any fool can destroy trees, they cannot run away.
~ John Muir
God cannot save them from fools.
~ John Muir
The tree of nonsense is watered with error, and from its branches swing the pumpkins of disaster.
~ Nick Harkaway
He is so stupid you can't trust him with an idea.
~ John Steinbeck
Sometimes the truth is stupid.
~ Roger Williams
You can't fix stupid but you can arrest stupid.
~ Sheriff Grady Judd
Seem like they been wid each otha long nough now fo them to stop all that foolishness." Huh; you jes mad cause you ain't got nobody to be foolish wid.
~ Sherley Anne Williams
He smiled at her. And it hit her like a mallet to the temple, the realization that she was in love with him. Stupidly, dreadfully in love with him. Overnight, she'd become a fool.
~ Sherry Thomas
He put his hand over hers. "Am I a coward?" "Because you are afraid? No. Only fools are never afraid.
~ Sherry Thomas
There was no idiocy bigger than that committed by a man who believed himself the cleverest creature under the sun.
~ Sherry Thomas
Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. I have been frightened half out of my foolish wits, but I have somehow earned this joy; I have been waiting for it for so long.
~ Shirley Jackson
Life is a dream for the wise,a game for the fool,a comedy for the rich,a tragedy for the poor
~ Sholom Aleichem
There is no gap between the ignorant and the wise. A foolish person is a wise person; a wise person is a foolish person.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
Only smart people can make silly mistakes.
~ Siddharth Astir
And if we know how to light a fire, why do we carry tinder around with us?" Because you're humans," the little one explained serenly. "You're stupid.
~ Silvana de Mari
Ma non dovete adombrarvi: gli sciocchi fanno parte della vita come gli alberi e la terra, ma ricordate, siate attenta e prudente, perché gli sciocchi sono dannatamente pericolosi. Sapete la differenza tra uno sciocco e un malvagio, piccola principessa?" Questa volta Chiara si lasciò scappare un cenno di diniego. "I malvagi ci danneggiano per ricavarne un guadagno. Gli sciocchi ci danneggiano senza alcun profitto. E' possibile trattare con i malvagi, non con gli idioti.
~ Silvana de Mari
What could a fool be thinking but further foolishness?
~ Silvia Hartmann
I, for one, do not wish to live in a world where everything is planned: I would much rather have liberty to make a fool of myself than become an ideal citizen by regulation. - George Taylor
~ Simon Garfield
The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.
~ Sir George Savile
Logic ridicules love, and love smiles knowingly at the whole foolishness of logic.
~ Rajneesh
And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd
~ William Shakespeare
I think I'm smart unless I'm really, really in love and then I am ridiculously stupid.
~ Taylor Swift
Solomon warned us not to rush into God's presence with words. That's what fools do. And often, that's what we do.
~ Francis Chan