Stupidity Quotes

1273 Stupidity quotes by 795 unique authors

If there is one thing I can't stand, it is stupidity. I always say that stupidity is the Sin against the Holy Ghost. — T.H. White
Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids. — John Steinbeck
Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in. — Robertson Davies
Intelligence is the capacity to receive, decode and transmit information efficiently. Stupidity is blockage of this process at any point. Bigotry, ideologies etc. block the… — Robert Anton Wilson
Lawyers make nothing but confusion...A lawyer is an instrument of the devil. In general, he's a fiendish idiot, banking on the stupidity of people much… — Thomas Bernhard
If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make… — George Eliot
Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words. — William Faulkner
Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions. — Gustave Flaubert
The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness. — Gregory Maguire
If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and… — Kurt Vonnegut
If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough. — John Grisham
A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards and judgment in order to appeal to the irrationality, stupidity, or dishonesty of others. — Ayn Rand
Any sensible ruler would have killed off Leonard, and Lord Vetinari was extremely sensible and often wondered why he had not done so. He'd decided… — Terry Pratchett
[Vanity] is an unrecognised form of stupidity, you have to forget the cosmic meaninglessness of all our acts to be able to be vain and… — Pascal Mercier
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of… — Howard Zinn
Stupidity and unconscious bias often work more damage than venality. — Bertrand Russell
When men can hate without risk, their stupidity is easily convinced, the motives supply themselves. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything....The novelist teaches… — Milan Kundera
She's quite intelligent, in my stupidity. — J D Salinger
For at least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism,… — Aldous Huxley
Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my… — Witold Gombrowicz
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can… — Bertrand Russell
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity. — Voltaire
Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity. — Brandon Sanderson
It seems that in the advanced stages of stupidity, a lack of ideas is compensated for by an excess of ideologies. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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