Suffer Fools Gladly Quotes & Sayings

Victorian Self-Improvement Affirmations
"I shall venture to do something different after my postprandialconstitutional.
Today, I shall suffer fools gladly. — Beryl Dov

I am not, as you will have observed, a man greatly enamored of his fellow human beings. I do not enter lightly into the foibles and whimsicalities of others, I do not suffer fools gladly, I seem able, in conversation, only to needle or be needled. My relationships, as a result, are few, and those few are tenuous, prickly sorts of arrangements, altogether lacking in the spontaneity and intimacy for which humans, I'm told, have an instinctive need. I am aware of no such instincts myself. — Patrick McGrath

I neither suffer myself, nor other fools, gladly. — Alec Guinness

Strong-willed, intelligent, sharp-tongued, doesn't suffer fools gladly ... remind you of anyone?"
"Yes. Gordon."
"Interesting," said the man. "Because those are the exact same words he used to describe you. — Derek Landy

The truth is that the mountains are a place where you can find whatever you want just by looking, as long as you remember that they do not suffer fools gladly and particularly dislike those with preconceived ideas. — Louis De Bernieres

Suffer fools gladly; they may be right. — Holbrook Jackson

I am a . . . solitary . . . man, he said. 'I do not suffer fools gladly, and I prefer to spend my time alone with a book and a decanter of brandy. — Andy Lane

Several people have told me that my inability to suffer fools gladly is one of my main weaknesses. — Edsger Dijkstra

As you say, I am honoured and famous and rich. But as I have to do all the hard work, and suffer an increasing multitude of fools gladly, it does not feel any better than being reviled, infamous and poor, as I used to be. — George Bernard Shaw

I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them. — Harry Secombe

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly. — Kathleen Turner

One of the things you need to understand is that I'm not a brave person.
I don't put up with being messed around, and I don't suffer fools gladly.
The short version of that is that I'm a bitch. Trust me, I can produce
character references. But that's something else. I'm not brave. — Robin McKinley

I never, ever, saw the evil Steve Jobs. He was always the most well-mannered and respectful guy I knew. And we got to be pretty good friends. He didn't suffer fools gladly. I guess he didn't think I was a fool. — Nolan Bushnell

I don't put up with being messed around, and I don't suffer fools gladly. The short version of that is that I'm a bitch. Trust me, I can provide character references. — Robin McKinley

Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all. — Lester B. Pearson

I always had the sense with her that she didn't suffer fools gladly but that life was taking great pains to show her how. — Lorrie Moore

We must suffer fools gladly, otherwise how can we help them stop being fools? — Elan Mastai