“The fools standpoint is that all social institutions are games. He sees the whole world as game playing. That's why, when people take their games seriously and take on stern and pious expressions, the fool gets the giggles because he knows that it is all a game.” PeopleKnowsWorldWholeGamesSocialExpressionFoolInstitutionsWhole WorldStandpointPiousGiggleSocial Institutions Author:Alan Watts
“When you come across with the ideas that you don't like and even hate, do these three things: Be tolerant, be tolerant and be tolerant! Let them speak! Let the stupid and even the fools speak! Protecting freedom of expression under every circumstance is an honour for a man!” MenIdeasHateThreeSpeakFreedomStupidExpressionFoolCircumstancesHonourThree ThingsFreedom Of Expression Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“You know the expression 'God protects fools and drunks'? I qualify for both.” KnowsExpressionFoolProtect Author:Lou Reed
“... No photograph ever was good, yet, of anybody - hunger and thirst and utter wretchedness overtake the outlaw who invented it! It transforms into desperadoes the weakest of men; depicts sinless innocence upon the pictured faces of ruffians; gives the wise man the stupid leer of a fool, and the fool an expression of more than earthly wisdom.” MenGivingFacesWiseStupidExpressionFoolPhotographHungerInnocenceThirstOutlawWretchednessHunger And ThirstRuffian Author:Mark Twain
“There's an expression in Yiddish, which is "der gelernte naar" - a "learned fool." You can know a great deal, you can have a Ph.D., and you can still be a total idiot.” KnowsStillsDealsExpressionFoolIdiotYiddish Author:Mark Helprin