Stupidity is something we all have in common. You may recognize yourself in these proverbs and quotes about stupidity.
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It takes only very few brain cells to be stupid.
MinkukelIt wasn't hard to play stupid when you are stupid.
Jonas JonassonSource: Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Mark TwainIt's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid.
Ray BradburyIt's too bad that stupidity isn't painful.
Anton LaVeyJust think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!
George CarlinLife is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.
John WayneMama says, 'Stupid is as stupid does.'
(unknown author)Source: Film: Forrest Gump, 1994
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Bertrand RussellMost people would sooner die than start to think. In fact - they do so.
Bertrand RussellNatural selection will not remove ignorance from future generations.
Richard DawkinsNeither give cherries to pigs nor advice to fools.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Mark TwainNever attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Robert J. HanlonNever has a man more need of his intelligence than when a fool asks him a question.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Robert A. HeinleinNever underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
H.L. MenckenOne always has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual.
Thomas MannOne man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
Edward AbbeyOne must be a little foolish, if one does not want to be even more stupid.
Michel de MontaigneOne stupid person asks more than ten wise ones can spare time answering.
Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be 'too clever by half.' The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.
John MajorOnly stupid people don't change their minds.
Boutros Boutros-GhaliOnly the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
ConfuciusOnly two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert EinsteinOur greatest stupidities may be very wise.
Ludwig WittgensteinPenny wise, pound foolish.
This refers to someone who is careful about spending small amounts of money, but not careful about spending large amounts.People don't think and thus get fooled by priests and Trumpalikes.
MinkukelPeople who do crazy things are not necessarily crazy.
Elliot AronsonPersonally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.
Oscar WildePoint me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance.
Graham GreeneReligion is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness.
Richard DawkinsScientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.
Dave BarrySeek the brave in prison and the stupid among the clergy.
Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.
P.J. O'RourkeShowing off is the fool's idea of glory.
Bruce LeeSilence is the best answer to the stupid.
Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
Smart who smiles, stupid who laughs.
Smoking has become a public declaration of stupidity.
Nikki GemmellHeadline in The Australian
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
Laurence J. PeterSometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
Elizabeth GaskellSource: Wives and Daughters
Statler: Hey old fool, you slept through the show!
Waldorf: Who's a fool, you watched it!
(unknown author)Waldorf: Who's a fool, you watched it!
Source: The Muppet Show
Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.
Stephen VizinczeyStupid is as stupid does.
(unknown author)Source: Movie: Forrest Gump
Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.
Stupid people will mistake your confidence for arrogance.
Habeeb AkandeStupid solutions that succeed are still stupid solutions.
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