Quotes and Sayings about Foolishness

Quotes and Sayings about Foolishness

Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?

Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

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I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots.

Albert Einstein

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Technology Generations

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

Charles Bukowski

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Intelligence Self-Confidence Doubt

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Albert Einstein

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That's the misery: Stupid people are so confident, the wise ones full of doubt.

Helmut Schmidt

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Intelligence Doubt

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Albert Einstein

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Universe Humanity

Brom: "Because you can't argue with all of the fools in the world."

Christopher Paolini in The Inheritance Cycle - Eragon

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Women need to be beautiful to be loved by men, and stupid enough to love them.

Coco Chanel

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Monsieur, when a finger is pointing up to the sky, only a fool looks at the finger.

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Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Cassandra Clare in The Infernal Devices

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Momma says, "stupid is as stupid does."

Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump

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Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.

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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

Josh Billings

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They say that there is no medecine that can cure a fool... I guess that's true.

The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time

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He, who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He, who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Chinese Saying

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Learning Questions

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

Friedrich Schiller in The Maid of Orleans

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Remember, when you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It is only painful for others. The same applies when you are stupid.

Ricky Gervais

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I usually agree with what God did, but putting limits on intelligence without putting limits on stupidity wasn't a great move.

Konrad Adenauer

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The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.

Alexandre Dumas

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I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet. I want to know who the morons are.

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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.

Clarence Darrow

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Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Quotes to think about

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

William Butler Yeats

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Opinions Racism Conspiracy Theories

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Robert A. Heinlein

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Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

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Stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.

Stephen King in 11/22/63

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The more you know, the more you realise how much you don't know - the less you know, the more you think you know.

David T. Freeman

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Knowledge Intelligence

Oh, God. Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers!

Serious Sam

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Bacteria is the only culture some people have.

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Culture Funny Quotes

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Failures & Mistakes Intelligence

There's not a pill you can take; there's not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.

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I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.

Ruben Blades

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Only dumb people are happy.

Courtney Love

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Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.

Dean Koontz

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Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating that intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none.

Claude Chabrol

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A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.

Saul Bellow

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Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

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Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.

Robert Anthony

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I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

Christopher Hitchens

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I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win.

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

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Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them, and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom, and still they'll roar.

Gracchus in Gladiator

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Contrary to what people may say, there's no upper limit to stupidity.

Stephen Colbert

The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons and 85% morons.

Frank Zappa

The most annoying thing about idiocy is that you can't explain it to an idiot.

Dr. Ratio in Honkai: Star Rail

Actually, I wanted to stop being mean. But everyone else has to stop being dumb first.

You feel stupid. Doesn't mean you are.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes in The Naturals

Only when you're stupid, can life be boring.

Horst Wolfram Geißler

Stupidity is not a crime.

Alexei Navalny

An idiot that knows he's an idiot is even harder to deal with than an idiot that thinks he isn't.

Sora in No Game No Life

A fool is always pleased with what he says, and, besides, he always says more than he needs to.

Fyodor Dostoevsky in The Adolescent

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Books Mind & Apprehension Intelligence

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Albert Einstein

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Reason & Sanity Imagination

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Motivation Doubt

Since when was genius found respectable?

Elizabeth Browning

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