Stupidity Quotes

1273 Stupidity quotes by 795 unique authors

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion. — Jean de La Fontaine
Nobody is exempt from saying stupid things, the harm is to do it presumptuously. — Michel de Montaigne
Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion… — Robert Musil
The love of power is the demon of mankind. — Friedrich Nietzsche
If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror. — Francois Rabelais
Neither a pathology nor an index as such of moral default, stupidity is nonetheless linked to the most dangerous failures of human endeavor. — Avital Ronell
A sort of melancholy, and regret, seizes us every time we meet a sophisticated, adulterated idiot. Oh the nice fools of yestertime! Genuine, natural. Like… — Leonardo Sciascia
The world supports a multi-million dollar industry of intelligence and ability research, but it devotes virtually nothing to determine why this intelligence is squandered by… — Robert Sternberg
A philosopher always finds more grass to feed upon in the valleys of stupidity than on the arid heights of intelligence. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions of unfortunates who through misfortune, misguidedness or pure stupidity live… — Russell Lynes
In public affairs, stupidity is more dangerous than knavery, because it is harder to fight. — Woodrow Wilson
The most essential mental quality for a free people, whose liberty is to be progressive, permanent and on a large scale, is much stupidity. — Walter Bagehot
If you think my acts are foolishness; the foolishness may be in the fools eye. — Sophocles
Stubbornness and stupidity are twins. — Sophocles
The fool knows after he has suffered. — Hesiod
He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger. — Hesiod
Sandy: Boy, you must really think I'm stupid or something. Jeff: Ahh, no one would call you stupid, to your face. — Teri Garr
Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. — Unknown Author
Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity. — William of Ockham
Simplicity, very rare in our age. — Unknown Author

Who Wrote These Stupidity Quotes

795 authors contributed a total of 1,273 Stupidity Quotes, led by these top contributors: