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One of my favorite comedy routines is Bill Engvalls "Here's Your Sign".  Engvall describes people who ask questions to which the answers should be obvious, and in the process, Engvall declares these people to be stupid.  Engvall then metaphorically gives these people a sign declaring their stupidity to the general public.

Any Realtor (Newbie or Seasoned) has at one time or another run into someone who is deserving of a "Sign".  Then I started thinking about the quote "A Wise Man Can Learn From A Fool"

So the next time you run into a "Fool", use the experience to y our advantage.  Below is a series of quotes to help you on your way.

 

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.""

"A wise man changes his mind, a fool never"

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

--Charles Caleb Colton

mr t no foolsWise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

-- Cato the Elder

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.

--Charles Caleb Colton

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

--Benjamin Franklin

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

--Balthasar Gracian

Even a fool may be wise after the event.

-- Homer

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

--Karl Kraus

One fool can ask more questions in a minute than twelve wise men can answer in an hour.

--Nikolai Lenin

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.

--J. Robert Oppenheimer

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.

-- Plato

The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

--William Shakespeare

Wise men learn by other men's mistakes, fools by their own.

--H. G. Bohn

   A fool despises his father's instruction,

    But he who receives correction is prudent.     

                                   Proverbs 15:5

 
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10 Comments on Wise Men (Women) Versus Fools: "Here's Your Sign"

AUG
15
2008
298,424 Points Outside Blog

Matthew 7:24-27:

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

12:00pm • #2

Great post--love the combination of graphics and god 'ol advise---the Proverbs are always my favorite!  So much wisdom in those small verses.

12:02pm • #3
161,094 Points Outside Blog

Very good post and so many of them hit home for sure.

12:03pm • #4
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Lori -  Thanks for your compliment

Shirley - Amen!  I couldn't have said it better if i tried

Aida -  The Bible has much wisdom in it.  Still trying to figure it all out though :)

 KiM - Thanks for your comments

1:26pm • #5
121,387 Points Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

Great quotes, loved the Fool Aid, but I really enjoyed seeing Mr. T. Where's he been? We need more of him!

3:54pm • #6

Thanks for the wisdom. Have a great weekend. Happy Selling. Veronica

4:10pm • #7
409,701 Points 3 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Great Post and a very true one at that.  Thanks for sharing

5:50pm • #8
AUG
16
2008
135,851 Points 1 Featured Post Outside Blog

Morning Leander,

I didn't have to wash the mirror to see myself and those around me.

5:53am • #9
165,012 Points 1 Featured Post Outside Blog

Leander, Thanks for the morning laugh.  I love "What's your sign?" and Bill.  He's a riot.

7:26am • #10

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