Stupidity Quotes

1273 Stupidity quotes by 795 unique authors

There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling,… — Oscar Wilde
Every virtue inclines to stupidity, every stupidity to virtue; "stupid to the point of sanctity," they say in Russia, - let us be careful lest… — Friedrich Nietzsche
To be looked upon as a fool by an idiot is a true connoisseur's delight. — Georges Courteline
Eisenhower's career demonstrated how it is possible to fool all the people all the time...'I may be stupid,' he once said at a press conference,… — Gore Vidal
It's like these people are programmed by Karl Rove. What he wants is to have liberal critics ridicule Bush because he says 'nucular' and 'misunderestimate'… — Noam Chomsky
There's something scary about stupidity made coherent. — Tom Stoppard
The Organization of American States couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel. — Lyndon B. Johnson
THESE are the desolate, dark weeks when nature in its barrenness equals the stupidity of man. The year plunges into night and the heart plunges… — William Carlos Williams
We have not been scuffling in this waste-howling wildness for the right to be stupid. — Toni Cade Bambara
I'm before him on my knees, and he kisses me He assumes I lose my reason and I do. Men are stupid, men are vain,… — Stephen Sondheim
I am so stupid that I cannot understand philosophy; the antithesis of this is that philosophy is so clever that it cannot comprehend my stupidity.… — Soren Kierkegaard
If you attack Stupidity you attack an entrenched interest with friends in government and every walk of public life. — Robertson Davies
It's possible to fight intolerance, stupidity and fanaticism when they come separately. When you get all three together it's probably wiser to get out, if… — P.D. James
Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many fools to hide… — Orson Scott Card
Ender stepped under the water and rinsed himself, took the sweat of combat and let it run down the drain. All gone, except they recycled… — Orson Scott Card
One cannot guess how a word functions. One has to look at its use and learn from that. But the difficulty is to remove the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law. — Louis Agassiz
There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others. — Jean de la Bruyere
What men need is as much knowledge as they can organize for action; give them more and it may become injurious. Some men are heavy… — Thomas Huxley
Blows are sarcasms turned stupid. — George Eliot

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