Stupidity Quotes

1273 Stupidity quotes by 795 unique authors

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. — Steven Wright
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is… — Frank Zappa
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life. — Frank Zappa
Remorse.-- Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Stupidity—The top of the list for Satanic Sins. The Cardinal Sin of Satanism. It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful. Ignorance is one thing, but… — Anton Szandor LaVey
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Beauty fades, dumb is forever. — Judy Sheindlin
It's not vanity to know your own good points. It would just be stupidity if you didn't; It's only vanity when you get puffed up… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity. — Robert A. Heinlein
Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest. — Sam Levenson
Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are… — Werner Herzog
What luck for rulers that men do not think. — Adolf Hitler
Most fools think they are only ignorant. — Benjamin Franklin
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. — Terry Pratchett
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Lord, what fools these mortals be! — William Shakespeare
Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid — Heinrich Heine
If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd live… — Robert Bolt
Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God. — G I Gurdjieff
Stupidity is much the same all the world over — John Stuart Mill
My loathings are simple. stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. My pleasures are the most intense known to man: writing and butterfly hunting. — Vladimir Nabokov
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and… — Christopher Hitchens
Mom said that people are interested in birds only in as much as they exhibit human behavior - greed and stupidity and anger - and… — Douglas Coupland
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the… — J D Salinger

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