Consistent Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“No matter how high are one's estimates of human stupidity, one is repeatedly and recurrently startled by the fact that: a) people whom one…

— Carlo M. Cipolla

Stupidity is an attempt to iron out all differences, and not to use them or value them creatively.

— Bill Mollison

A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the…

— Steven Brust

There are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and educated to achieve.

— J. Budziszewski

Intelligence is not necessarily a good thing, something to value or cultivate. It's more like a fifth wheel - necessary or desirable when things…

— Susan Sontag

Stupidity is much the same all the world over. A stupid person's notions and feelings may confidently be inferred from those which prevail in…

— John Stuart Mill

Stupidity is a personal achievement which transcends national boundaries.

— Albert Einstein

If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are…

— Richard Armour

“Adaptive decision making is the quintessence of rationality, but the items used to assess intelligence on widely accepted tests bear no resemblance to measures…

— Keith E. Stanovich

There was a survey done a few years ago that affected me greatly. it was discovered that intelligent people either estimate their intelligence accurately…

— Harvey Pekar

It is of first-rate importance to notice from the start that stupidity is not the same thing, or the same sort of thing, as…

— Gilbert Ryle

There are few people more convinced of their own genius than those who complain of how stupid they are.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld