Stupidity Quotes

It was stupidity that forced us to discard anything that did not conform with ourself - reflective expectations.

Never feel dumb. Not knowing who or what is no sin. Ignorance is simply the measure of what you haven't got to yet. I find writers and works every day that I haven't got to, haven't even heard of.

And this manner of speaking of the Almighty, as one would speak of a man, is consistent with nothing but the stupidity of the Bible.

Fathers are the geniuses of the house because only a person as intelligent as we could fake such stupidity.

Stupidity is the only natural capital offense.

I owe all my success to stupidity.

Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain.

Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation.

Do you know what chaos stands for? C-H-A-O-S stands for Critical Hate And Overwhelming Stupidity.

The great thing about this jungle of ours is that anyone of you could grow up to be Lord of the apes.

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

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

I recalled when I worked in the woods and the bars of Madras, Oregon. That short-haired joy and roughness America your stupidity. I could almost love you again.

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort of talent - like a carrier pigeon.

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.

Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.

The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.

Here's one thing I never say anymore: These people can't be that stupid, can they?

Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been polluted and contaminated by the stupidity of society and culture.

Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.

I cannot abide stupidity, in myself or in others.

It is the incompetent and the neglected artist who charges the public with ignorance, stupidity, and indifference. He raves loudly, but he is incomprehensible, even inarticulate, in his work.

There are a great many people who have a vested interest in maintaining the stupidity of the American public.

There is a limit to human intelligence, but there is no limit to human stupidity

RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.

A lottery is a tax on stupidity.

The greatest of all sins is stupidity.

The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness.

Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it.

There's no sin but stupidity.

Fear only the warm embrace of passive stupidity.

As long as greed, stupidity and cowardice remain a part of the human condition, there will be a constituency for Democrats.

Religion is designed for stupid people. Science is designed for stupid people who are embarrassed by their stupidity, who want to do something about it.

Continue reading Proust. His magnificent intelligence is particularly fond of describing stupidity. Which is ultimately exhausting.

Anonymity is no excuse for stupidity.

Love, a pleasant folly; ambition, a serious stupidity.

Inflation does not lubricate trade but by rescuing traders from their errors of optimism or stupidity.

All humour is critical, you know? You make stupid jokes. I mean, stupidity is an infirmity, isn't it?

Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.

Summer-induced stupidity. That was the diagnosis.

I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.

It's possible to fight intolerance, stupidity and fanaticism when they come separately. When you get all three together it's probably wiser to get out, if only to preserve your sanity.

Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.

The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, Josh,” Flamel said quietly. “And the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer. Sophie,” he added, without looking at her.

Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense.

Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.

One should commit no stupidity twice, the variety of choice is, in the end, large enough.

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s.

Stupidity makes you dangerous-to yourself and everyone around you.

In time, you'll see a thin line between friend and rival. Between you and me: stupidity and men's bravado.