A Quote by Harry Secombe

I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them. — © Harry Secombe
I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them.
Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all.
Suffer fools gladly; they may be right.
The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly.
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.
Several people have told me that my inability to suffer fools gladly is one of my main weaknesses.
I think [Phil Wood] didn't suffer fools gladly, but he loved supporting young people that loved the music.
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.
If we define a misanthrope as 'someone who does not suffer fools and likes to see fools suffer,' we have described a person with something to look forward to.
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.
If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an old lady who mutters and has the second sight. She is slightly deaf, and doesn't suffer fools gladly.
We do not like to be robbed of an enemy; we want someone to hate when we suffer. It is so depressing to think that we suffer because we are fools; yet, taking mankind in the mass, that is the truth.
I don't suffer fools, and I like to see fools suffer.
There are three kinds of fools in this world, fools proper, educated fools and rich fools. The world persists because of the folly of these fools.
New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
I suffered fools so gladly.
I do not suffer; I cannot suffer because I am not an object. Of course there is suffering. But do you realize what this suffering is? I am the suffering. Whatever is manifested, I am the functioning. Whatever is perceptible I am the perceiving of it. Whatever is done I am the doing of it; I am the doer of it, and, understand this, I am also that which is done. In fact, I am the total functioning.
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