Stupidity Quotes

1273 Stupidity quotes by 795 unique authors

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than… — William E. Gladstone
You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend. — Franz Grillparzer
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. — Confucius
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. — Confucius
I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull. — William Congreve
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice. — Bill Cosby
No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity. — Sammy Davis, Jr.
In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema. — Gerard Depardieu
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. — Rene Descartes
Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the… — John Dewey
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. — Alan Dundes
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about. — Wayne Dyer
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. — Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. — Albert Einstein
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. — Harlan Ellison
I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid. — Harlan Ellison
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. — Euripides
Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are… — Jules Feiffer
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. — Gustave Flaubert
Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. — Gustave Flaubert
Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name is Legion. — Gustave Flaubert
The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois. — Gustave Flaubert
Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant. — Gustave Flaubert

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