--- title: "4 Fools Quotes By Orson Scott Card" description: "4 Fools quotes by Orson Scott Card. Plus more from Orson Scott Card and more Fools sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/orson-scott-card-134_fool_how-short-life-is-for-fools-111993_111993.png" --- > [How short life is for fools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/how-short-life-is-for-fools/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/orson-scott-card-134_fool_how-short-life-is-for-fools-111993_111993.png) > [“Because these fools always look up for power. People above you, they never want to share power with you. Why you look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/because-these-fools-always-look-up-for-power-people-above-you-they/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/orson-scott-card-134_bean_because-these-fools-always-look-up-for-p_1272127.png) > [“Alvin smiled back, and kissed her. "People talk about fools counting chickens before they hatch. That's nothing. We name them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/alvin-smiled-back-and-kissed-her-people-talk-about-fools-counting/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/orson-scott-card-134_chicken_alvin-smiled-back-and-kissed-her-people_2292521.png) > [Maybe we're the fools, for thinking we know things. Maybe humans are the only ones who can deal with the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/maybe-we-re-the-fools-for-thinking-we-know-things-maybe-humans-are/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/orson-scott-card-134_deals_maybe-we-re-the-fools-for-thinking-we-kn_2493832.png) ## Other authors on Fools - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/william-shakespeare/) - [Benjamin Franklin 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/benjamin-franklin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-george-bernard-shaw-68.jpg) George Bernard Shaw 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/george-bernard-shaw/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexander-pope-11021.jpg) Alexander Pope 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/alexander-pope/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-voltaire-94063.jpg) Voltaire 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/voltaire/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-otto-von-bismarck-72938.jpg) Otto von Bismarck 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/otto-von-bismarck/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-josh-billings-53548.jpg) Josh Billings 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/josh-billings/) - [George R.R. Martin 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/george-r-r-martin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-146.jpg) Francois de La Rochefoucauld 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-vikrant-parsai-70.jpg) Vikrant Parsai 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/vikrant-parsai/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-jordan-79913.jpg) Robert Jordan 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/robert-jordan/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) ## More by Orson Scott Card > [“You underestimate yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/you-underestimate-yourself/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/we-re-like-the-wicked-witch-we-promise-gingerbread-then-eat-the/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-think-that-most-of-us-anyway-read-these-stories-that-we-know-are/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about Santa Claus,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/why-did-he-hesitate-he-finally-admitted-to-himself-that-he-was-like/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“I don't know of a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones they believe they believe; and the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-don-t-know-of-a-soul-who-doesn-t-maintain-two-separate-lists-of/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/good-people-do-not-let-others-suffer-needlessly/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/the-devil-jason-heaved-the-tick-over-his-shoulder-like-a-collier-with/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/what-we-ve-done-is-make-the-categories-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Where ideas are real and reality is shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-ideas-are-real-and-reality-is-shadow/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Ender, for the past few months you have been the battle commander of our fleets. This was the Third Invasion. There were no games,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/ender-for-the-past-few-months-you-have-been-the-battle-commander-of/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/science-fiction-is-about-what-could-be-but-isn-t-fantasy-is-about/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/knowledge-is-just-opinion-that-you-trust-enough-to-act-upon/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Of course they accused Marcão of having done it without provocation—that’s the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/of-course-they-accused-marc-o-of-having-done-it-without-provocation/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Civilization is only a pretense; in the crisis, we become mere apes again, forgetting the rational biped of our pretensions and becoming instead the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/civilization-is-only-a-pretense-in-the-crisis-we-become-mere-apes/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [“Where did this whole thing begin? If what we think of as reality is just a pattern that somebody brought Outside, and the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/where-did-this-whole-thing-begin-if-what-we-think-of-as-reality-is/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fools/orson-scott-card/#itemlist", "name": "4 Fools Quotes By Orson Scott Card", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How short life is for fools.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Orson Scott Card" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/how-short-life-is-for-fools/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/orson-scott-card-134_fool_how-short-life-is-for-fools-111993_111993.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/orson-scott-card-134_fool_how-short-life-is-for-fools-111993_111993.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/orson-scott-card-134_fool_how-short-life-is-for-fools-111993_111993.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How short life is for fools.” — Orson Scott Card", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Because these fools always look up for power. 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