Quotes of Folly - somelinesforyou

“ Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. ”

- Friedrich von Schiller

“ Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that. ”

- Golda Meir

“ That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next. ”

- John Stuart Mill

“ The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only. ”

- Thomas Hobbes

“ 'Tis hard if all is false that I advanceA fool must now and then be right, by chance. ”

- William Cowper

“ Stupidity is not a crime. You're free to go. ”

- Unknown

“ Every man has his follies — and often they are the most interesting thing he had got. ”

- Josh Billings

“ I just don't want to die without a few scars. ”

- Chuck Palahniuk

“ The nonsense that charms is close to sense. ”

- Mason Cooley

“ He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays! ”

- Norman Rockwell

“ There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others. ”

- Jean de la Bruyere

“ The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. ”

- Bible

“ Folly loves the martyrdom of fame. ”

- Lord Byron

“ Honestly, if you were any slower, you'd be going backward. ”

- J. K. Rowling

“ A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men. ”

- Joseph Addison

“ There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. ”

- Frank Zappa

“ I wouldn't say you're stupid. You are, but I wouldn't say. ”

- Unknown

“ If your brains were dynamite there wouldn't be enough to blow your hat off. ”

- Kurt Vonnegut

“ The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. ”

- C. S. Lewis

“ Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ”

- John Dryden

“ Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand borders upon insanity and absurdity or at least is reminiscent of childhood. ”

- Alexander Herzen

“ Vaudeville, whatever its asininity, was at least to be taken casually and the worse it was the more jocular it seemed to fellows who didn't mind throwing away a dollar. ”

- George Jean Nathan

“ He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more. ”

- P.G. Wodehouse

“ Never attribute to malice, that which can be reasonably explained by stupidity. ”

- Spider Robinson

“ Does it look stupid? At times, yeah. ”

- david wells

“ Reality is the #1 cause of insanity among those who are in contact with it. ”

- Edgar Allan Poe

“ If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough. ”

- John Grisham
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