Stupidity Quotes

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.

There is no vaccine against stupidity.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense;
he is always satisfied with himself.

Exploiting the stupidity of the American voter is fun and easy: kinda like squeezing a lemon.

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

My strengths and weaknesses are the same: I've got the willingness and stupidity to try anything. If I think it's even remotely possible, I'll do it.

There's no defense against stupidity.

Stupidity is what we all have in common as human beings, but some people insist that improving it is their entitlement.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

It is the height of stupidity to claim that men who for a thousand years have had the power to berate us, to fleece us and to oppress us with impunity, will now agree, with good grace, to be our equals.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

My colleagues, they study artificial intelligence; me, I study natural stupidity.

Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much

The stupidity of the American voter is exceeded only by its slovenliness.

There are four types of men in the world: lovers, opportunists, lookers-on, and imbeciles. The happiest are the imbeciles.

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god to them. He took their free will away from them, which was perfectly all right. They didn't want it anyway. It was as though they had surrendered themselves to Jesus, for instance, so they could live unselfishly and trustingly-except that they had surrendered to a pimp instead.

A tyrant institutionalises stupidity, but he is the first servant of his own system and the first to be installed within it.

In crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated.

One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.

Stupidity is sufficient unto itself. Wisdom can never learn enough.

Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities.

There is no patch for stupidity.

The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them. What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold "precious," and earth and soil "base"?

The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Too many of our countrymen rejoice in stupidity, look upon ignorance as a badge of honor. They condemn everything they don't understand.

Economists who adhere to rational-expectations models of the world will never admit it, but a lot of what happens in markets is driven by pure stupidity - or, rather, inattention, misinformation about fundamentals, and an exaggerated focus on currently circulating stories.

Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.

Rationalism belongs to the cool observer. But because of the stupidity of the average person, they follow not reason, but faith. This naïve faith, requires necessary illusions and emotionally potent oversimplifications, which are provided by the myth maker to keep the ordinary person on course.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

It's a shame stupidity isn't painful.

Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular.

Their stupidity does not amaze me, its when they're smart that amazes me. It's baffling whenever you find someone who's smart - incredible. Soon you'll have zoos for such things.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

Moral stupidity comes in two different forms: relativism and legalism. Relativism sees no principles, only people; legalism sees no people, only principles.

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.

They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.

Solemnity is the shield of idiots

In the end, this world will go under because of the stupidity of people.

Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can only be described as stupidity. In their eyes it may be pluck and daring.

It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is.

To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.

Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.