--- title: "10 Fools Said Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Fools Said quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Fools Said sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/h-g-wells-2-1299_fools_they-are-mad-they-are-fools-said-the-dog_3030957.jpg" --- > [“They are mad; they are fools," said the Dog-man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/they-are-mad-they-are-fools-said-the-dog-man/) [H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/h-g-wells-2-1299_fools_they-are-mad-they-are-fools-said-the-dog_3030957.jpg) > [“Look at 'em,' he said. 'Goddam fools.' 'Who?' said Ginnie. 'I don't know. Anybody.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/look-at-em-he-said-goddam-fools-who-said-ginnie-i-don-t-know-anybody/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/j-d-salinger-560_fools_look-at-em-he-said-goddam-fools-who-said_1922641.png) > [Fools, said I, you do not know, silence like a cancer grows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-and-garfunkel/fools-said-i-you-do-not-know-silence-like-a-cancer-grows/) [Simon And Garfunkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-and-garfunkel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/simon-and-garfunkel-19154_cancer_fools-said-i-you-do-not-know-silence-lik_903255.jpg) > [“What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-melbourne/what-all-the-wise-men-promised-has-not-happened-and-what-all-the/) [Lord Melbourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-melbourne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/lord-melbourne-72221_folly_what-all-the-wise-men-promised-has-not-h_148045.jpg) > [“Don’t listen to the ramblings of fools,” he said, smiling grimly. “When it comes down to it, if they knew the truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melika-dannese-lux/don-t-listen-to-the-ramblings-of-fools-he-said-smiling-grimly-when-it/) [Melika Dannese Lux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melika-dannese-lux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/melika-dannese-lux-20274_corcitura_don-t-listen-to-the-ramblings-of-fools-h_3120749.jpg) > [What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lamb-2nd-viscount-melbourne/what-all-the-wise-men-promised-has-not-happened-and-what-all-the-2/) [William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lamb-2nd-viscount-melbourne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/william-lamb-2nd-viscount-melb_army_what-all-the-wise-men-promised-has-not-h_2431895.png) > [You need a name.” I covered the receiver for a moment. “We need a team name.” “Hunters,” Raphael said. “Valiant Knights of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilona-andrews/you-need-a-name-i-covered-the-receiver-for-a-moment-we-need-a-team/) [Ilona Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilona-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/ilona-andrews-150_covered_you-need-a-name-i-covered-the-receiver-f_270954.jpg) > [We're all fools," said Clemens, "all the time. It's just we're a different kind each day. We think, I'm not a fool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-re-all-fools-said-clemens-all-the-time-it-s-just-we-re-a-different/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/ray-bradbury-75_accepting_we-re-all-fools-said-clemens-all-the-tim_2062949.jpg) > [Fools!" said the man, stamping his foot with rage. "That is the sort of talk that brought me here, and I'd better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/fools-said-the-man-stamping-his-foot-with-rage-that-is-the-sort-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/anonymous-1_born_fools-said-the-man-stamping-his-foot-wit_2891126.jpg) > [“Fools!” said Bard. “Why waste words and wrath on those unhappy creatures? Doubtless they perished first in fire, before Smaug came to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/fools-said-bard-why-waste-words-and-wrath-on-those-unhappy-creatures/) [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/j-r-r-tolkien-204_quote_fools-said-bard-why-waste-words-and-wrat_286563.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools-said/#itemlist", "name": "Fools Said Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They are mad; they are fools,\" said the Dog-man.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "H.G. 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