April Fools Day Quotes:

April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four..

- Mark Twain

topic: Funny Inspirational, Humorous, Three, Fools And Foolishness, Fools Day

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

- Charles Lamb

topic: Funny Inspirational, Spring, World, Pranks, Fools Day

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Business, Life Lesson, Lessons, Pranks, Fools And Foolishness

Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.

- Will Rogers

topic: Funny, Hilarious, Parenting, Life Humor, Pranks

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself.

- Cynthia Heimel

topic: Doubt, Fool, Making A Fool Of Yourself, Chance And Risk, Fools Day

I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.

- Alan Coren

topic: Humorous, Two, Tests, Pranks, Payroll

The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.

- Will Rogers

topic: Funny, Hilarious, Political, Practical Joke, Pranks

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

- Max Eastman

source: Max Eastman (2008). “Enjoyment of Laughter”, p.36, Transaction Publishers

topic: Humor, Ability, Prove, Good Sense Of Humor, Pranks

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

- Mark Twain

topic: Success, Carpe Diem, Being Thankful, Pranks, Equator

Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

- Cato the Elder

topic: Inspirational, Education, Wise, Humourous, Fools And Foolishness

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

- Alexander Pope

source: An Essay on Criticism l. 625 (1711)

topic: Wisdom, Fear, Angel, Foolish Man, Fools Day

Even the gods love jokes.

- Plato

topic: Religion, God Love, Jokes, Pranks, Fools Day

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

- Robert Frost

topic: Life, Forgiveness, God, Pranks, Fool Me

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

- Thomas Shadwell

source: 'A True Widow' (1679) act 3, sc. 1

topic: Fool, Haste, World, Fools Day, Funny April Fools

I have great faith in fools,— self-confidence my friends will call it.

- Edgar Allan Poe

source: "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe".

topic: April Fools Day

The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.

- Mark Twain

topic: Spring, Inspiration, Years, Fools Day, Funny April Fools

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

- Robert Frost

topic: Mothers Day, Mom, Women, Foolish Man, Pranks

April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.

- Ambrose Bierce

topic: Months, Fool, April, Fools Day, Funny April Fools

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Fools Day, Funny April Fools

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

- Sacha Guitry

topic: April, Foolishness, Fools And Foolishness, April Fools, April Fools Day

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.

- George Orwell

topic: Humility, Fools Day, Aggravation, Pranks, Degrade

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you.

- Virginia Foxx

topic: Silly, Fool Me Once, Conservative, Stupid Conservative, Pranks

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.690, Pan Macmillan

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Fake People, Software Design, Inspirational Design

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.

- Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

topic: Break Up, Glasses, Wish, Fools And Foolishness, Fools Day

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

- William Blake

topic: Wise, Photography, Teaching, Foolish Man, Withered Leaves

Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

- Gene Brown

topic: Fool, Ingenuity, Accounts, Pranks, Fool Proof

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is oneself.

- Clifton Fadiman

topic: Funny Inspirational, Sense Of Humor, Ability, Fools Day, Funny April Fools

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?

- Rita Rudner

topic: Love, Funny, Life, Eighteen, Practical Joke

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Foolish Man, Fools And Foolishness, Fools And Wise, Fools Day, Funny April Fools

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

- Theodor Adorno

topic: Inspirational, Life, Art, Fools Day, Funny April Fools Day

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.

- John Ruskin

topic: Positive, Art, Reality, Fools Day, Funny April Fools Day

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

- Twyla Tharp

topic: Music, Running, Witty, Creative Artists, Inspiring Art

A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark.

- H. L. Mencken

topic: Funny Inspirational, Dark, Men, Pranks, Fools Day

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

- Thomas Merton

topic: Art, Self Discovery, Inspirational Art, Inspirational Artist, Creative Artists

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

- Henry A. Kissinger

topic: Art, Men, Expression, Fools Day, Funny April Fools

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

- Bill Cosby

source: Twitter post from Oct 30, 2009

topic: Funny, Life, Wise, Silliness, Witty One Liners

Art is the proper task of life.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

topic: Life, Art, Tasks, Fools Day, Funny April Fools

Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more.

- John Updike

source: John Updike (2012). “Self-Consciousness: Memoirs”, p.250, Random House

topic: Doe, Needs, Looks, April Fools Day

As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people's heads.”

- Al Yankovic

source: Al Yankovic @alyankovic, twitter.com. April 1, 2010.

topic: Wise, Men, Fools Day, April Fools, April Fools Day

Anybody who claims to be excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath.

- John Oliver

source: "John Oliver Hates April Fools' Day, Says It's for Sociopaths". www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 30, 2015.

topic: Fool, April, Excited, Fools Day, April Fools

When a husband's story is believed, he begins to suspect his wife.

- H. L. Mencken

source: H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.620, Vintage

topic: Funny, Husband, Wife, April Fools Day

Today is April 1, April Fools' Day, a day that people try to fool their friends and relatives. Don't confuse that with April 15, when people try to fool the IRS.

- Jay Leno

topic: People, Trying, Irs, Fools Day, April Fools

For April Fools Day, someone played a really cruel joke on me. They stole ALL my mirrors and I had to go hours without seeing myself. I mean, I couldn’t even do my daily affirmations. What kind of world is this? I tell you, it’s artists like myself that really suffer.

- James Franco

topic: Mean, Artist, Mirrors, Fools Day, April Fools

Acting is an empty and useless profession.

- Marlon Brando

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Funny, Acting, April, April Fools Day

Adolescence begins when children stop asking questions-because they know all the answers.

- Evan Esar

topic: Funny, Children, Asking Questions, April Fools Day

The older I get, the faster I was.

- Charles Barkley

topic: Funny, Racing, Bikers, Motocross, Car Racing