STUPIDITY QUOTES
quotations about stupidity
The downside of playing dumb is that you sound dumb.
RACHEL MADDOW
The Rachel Maddow Show, April 27, 2009
It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.
BIBLE
Proverbs 19:1
Stupidity is waiting on something to happen when you could have done something from the beginning.
EVERTON HINDS
"Boat owners in the north take no chances", June 19, 2017
Evil isn't the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it's a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.
JIM BUTCHER
Vignette
A stupid man--the most dangerous animal of all.
ARIANA FRANKLIN
The Serpent's Tale
Stupidity makes you dangerous--to yourself and everyone around you.
JENNIFER LEE CARRELL
Interred With Their Bones
We live in the era of smart phones and stupid people.
ANONYMOUS
Small-town snowbound stupidity is forever being raised to an art form.
EUAN FERGUSON
"The week in TV", The Guardian, June 11, 2017
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
CELIA STOREY
"Slaying the 'math monster': It's not about numbers, it's about learning how to think", Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, July 3, 2017
Life is hard, but it's harder if you're stupid.
MICHAEL CRICHTON
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Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
Letters and Papers from Prison
On the Internet you can be anything you want. It's strange that so many people choose to be stupid.
ANONYMOUS
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
BERTRAND RUSSELL
A History of Western Philosophy
Who's the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?
OBI-WAN KENOBI
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Scientists say the world is made of protons, neutrons and electrons. They forgot to mention morons.
ANONYMOUS
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
ANONYMOUS
Stupidity is not a crime. You're free to go.
ANONYMOUS
Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.
LAURELL K. HAMILTON
The Laughing Corpse
If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.
JOHN GRISHAM
The Testament
The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
HARLAN ELLISON
Edgeworks