“That is for me decide, not you. It is said that only fools stand in the way of a new idea; I trust, magisters, that there are no fools among you.”
“If you manage to fool me then I am a fool.”
“Pompous fools drive me up the wall. Ordinary fools are alright; you can talk to them and try to help them out. But pompous fools – guys who are fools and covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus – THAT, I CANNOT STAND! An ordinary fool isn’t a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible!”
“Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”
“The fools among us are presented to be wise and the wise among us are presented to be fools.”
“Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on you for tripping me as I run away.”