Stupidity Quotes

1273 Stupidity quotes by 795 unique authors

The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a… — Carl Jung
Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness. If men and women practiced mental calisthenics as… — Arnold Bennett
RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect. — Ambrose Bierce
Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more… — Alexander Pope
The height of stupidity is most clearly demonstrated by the individual who ridicules something he knows nothing about. — Albert Einstein
The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god to them. He took their free will away from… — Kurt Vonnegut
Mankind are a herd of knaves and fools. It is necessary to join the crowd, or get out of their way, in order not to… — William Hazlitt
If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are endless. — Richard Armour
However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was. — Art Buchwald
There is no opinion so stupid that it can't be expressed by some philosopher. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. — Carlo M. Cipolla
Man is stupid, phenomenally stupid. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Stupidity has made enormous progress. It's a sun so shining that we can no longer look at it directly. Thanks to communication media, it's no… — Ennio Flaiano
Maybe violent wickedness can be decapitated, but stupidity has too many heads. — Andre Glucksmann
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. — Robert A. Heinlein
Rush, that most exciting perversion of life, the necessity of accomplishing something in less time than should be truly allowed for its doing. — Ernest Hemingway
We believe only what we see. So, with television, we believe everything. — Unknown Author
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken. — David Hume

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