1.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
Voltaire
The more often a foolishness is reiterated, the more it acquires the aura of sagacity.
2.
Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.
Albert Einstein
Three powerful influences shape the world: ignorance, apprehension and avarice.
3.
There is no vaccine against stupidity.
Albert Einstein
There is no cure for foolishness.
4.
It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.
Franz Kafka
Their foolishness allows them to be so confident.
5.
The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense;
he is always satisfied with himself.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The dunce has one significant benefit over an intelligent person; they are perpetually content with their own conduct.
6.
Exploiting the stupidity of the American voter is fun and easy: kinda like squeezing a lemon.
Jonathan Gruber
Exploiting the gullibility of the American voter is enjoyable and straightforward: similar to pressing a lemon.
7.
Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.
Otto von Bismarck
'Battling the Russians is an exercise in futility; for each ploy you make, they respond with unpredictable foolishness.'
8.
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.
Travis Pastrana
My capacities and inadequacies are similar: I possess the eagerness and foolishness to attempt anything. If I deem it even faintly achievable, I'll embark on it.
9.
There's no defense against stupidity.
Friedrich Nietzsche
There is no protection against foolishness.
10.
Stupidity is what we all have in common as human beings, but some people insist that improving it is their entitlement.
Pete Edochie
Foolishness is the shared characteristic of humanity, yet some people seem to believe they are entitled to elevated intelligence.
11.
When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
Isaac Asimov
When foolishness is deemed loyalty, it is hazardous to be wise.
12.
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.
Jean-Paul Marat
13.
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
Milan Kundera
14.
My colleagues, they study artificial intelligence; me, I study natural stupidity.
Amos Tversky
16.
The stupidity of the American voter is exceeded only by its slovenliness.
Jonathan Gruber
17.
There are four types of men in the world: lovers, opportunists, lookers-on, and imbeciles. The happiest are the imbeciles.
Hippolyte Taine
18.
Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.
George S. Patton
19.
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.
Christopher Hitchens
20.
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.
Kurt Vonnegut
21.
A tyrant institutionalises stupidity, but he is the first servant of his own system and the first to be installed within it.
Gilles Deleuze
22.
In crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated.
Gustave Le Bon
25.
Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities.
Harry S. Truman
27.
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"?
Galileo Galilei
28.
The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life.
Giordano Bruno
30.
Too many of our countrymen rejoice in stupidity, look upon ignorance as a badge of honor. They condemn everything they don't understand.
Tallulah Bankhead
31.
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.
Robert J. Shiller
32.
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.
Oscar Wilde
33.
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.
Reinhold Niebuhr
34.
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.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
37.
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.
Frank Zappa
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Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.
Frank Zappa
39.
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
Jean de La Fontaine
40.
Moral stupidity comes in two different forms: relativism and legalism. Relativism sees no principles, only people; legalism sees no people, only principles.
Peter Kreeft
41.
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
Frank Leahy
42.
It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.
Andrew Johnson
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Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
Anatole France
44.
They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.
Gracie Allen
46.
In the end, this world will go under because of the stupidity of people.
George Harrison
48.
To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.
Bill Maher
49.
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.
Ai Weiwei
50.
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.
Manfred von Richthofen