30 More Brilliant Quotes About Being a Fool — Perfect for April Fool’s Day 2025

You’re still going to look like a fool. Even in 2025.

That much hasn’t changed.

What has changed is the world’s increasing tolerance — and even celebration — of the foolish, the misfit, the bold. Being foolish today is practically a survival skill. We try, we fail, we meme ourselves, and we do it all again the next morning.

So on this April Fool’s Day, let’s honor the brave art of looking ridiculous, with 30 fresh and timeless quotes that embrace the beauty of being gloriously, foolishly human.

"The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, grow, live, or love."
— Leo Buscaglia

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."
— William Shakespeare

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
— Robert F. Kennedy

"Be brave enough to be bad at something new."
— Jon Acuff

"All progress depends on the unreasonable man."
— George Bernard Shaw

"To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence."
— Mark Twain

"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
— Albert Einstein

"Some people see things as they are and ask why. I dream things that never were and say, why not?"
— George Bernard Shaw

"Embrace the glorious mess that you are."
— Elizabeth Gilbert

"The fool wonders, the wise man asks."
— Benjamin Disraeli

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
— William Shakespeare (again, because he got this)*

"You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you."
— Mary Tyler Moore

"Sometimes you have to play the fool to fool the fool who thinks they’re fooling you."
— Unknown, but probably a Twitter sage

"Being foolish is a small price to pay for possibility."
— Alex Hormozi, entrepreneur (2025 keynote, SXSW)

"Real change often begins with foolish dreams that the wise once laughed at."
— Malala Yousafzai

"When you're laughed at, you're often on to something."
— Naval Ravikant

"You can’t innovate if you aren’t ready to look stupid in version 1.0."
— Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft

"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."
— Henry Ford

"In the age of AI, the only irreplaceable people are the ones foolish enough to think differently."
— Sam Altman (2025 Davos panel)

"Don’t be afraid to look ridiculous. That’s where the fun is."
— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

"We live in a world where one person danced like a fool on TikTok… and now owns a media empire. So what’s your excuse?"
— 2025 Gen Z Career Guide

"Risk being seen in all your glory."
— Jim Carrey

"You either step forward into growth or you step back into safety."
— Abraham Maslow

"Sometimes the greatest wisdom is admitting you don’t know and going anyway."
— Morgan Housel

"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread — and sometimes that’s exactly where we need to go."
— Alexander Pope

"If you’re not willing to be laughed at, you’re not ready to build anything that matters."
— Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder

"April Fools reminds us: the best way to disarm the world is to laugh first, at yourself."
— Brené Brown

"Everybody plays the fool — there’s no exception to the rule."
— The Main Ingredient (1972, still hits in 2025)

"Do one thing every day that scares you. Especially if that thing is looking a bit foolish."
— Eleanor Roosevelt (with a 2025 remix)

"Go on, make a fool of yourself. It’s the only way to discover how much fun you're capable of."
— Me. You. All of us.

So here’s to the brave fools, the joyful dancers, the meme-makers, the dreamers who say “why not?” instead of “what if?” — you’re our favorite kind of genius.

Happy April Fool’s Day. Stay foolish. Stay unstoppable.