305 Quotes About Foolishness

Words without thought are like a bus without brakes. It’s no longer about a destination. Rather, it’s about how much you’re going to run over before you run out of road.

A fool will close his eyes to make the world blind

In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonour or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying fools. Now the fact is that there is no Extreme Unction to absolve us of foolishness. We endure it here on earth as subjective eternity.

The manner of a fool,' said Mr. Blackwood, 'when it masks the mental processes of a wise man, is an advantage of great worth to a detective.

The wise will rise, and the fool will duel

That isn't an expression that means anything to me, really. Make a fool of yourself. How can anybody do that? How can you make a fool? Show the fool, yes, expose the fool, but isn't the fool just yourself, isn't it there all the time? Show yourself. What else can you do?

How could anyone who prided herself upon her intelligence and good sense have been so foolishly ignorant?

He wanted his little slice of happiness so much that he sacrificed the whole pig for a slice of ham.

One-day-at-a-time rationalism risks restricting its analysis to the immediate implications of each issue as it arises, missing the wider implications of a decision that may have merit as regards the issue immediately at hand, considered in isolation, but which can be disastrous in terms of the ignored longer-term repercussions.