STUPIDITY QUOTES II

quotations about stupidity

Stupidity quote

Overcoming collective stupidity on an ongoing basis is a role for leadership in any organization.

DAVID KRAKAUER

"Leading People Too Smart to Be Led", Harvard Business Review, February 2, 2017


That took more than ordinary dullness, the kind of stupidity that can only result from long practice and hard study.

PHILIP K. DICK & RAY NELSON

The Ganymede Takeover


Honestly, if you were any slower, you'd be going backward.

J. K. ROWLING

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Tags: J. K. Rowling


Smart people don't have the luxury of playing stupid.

DAN BROWN

Deception Point

Tags: Dan Brown


It is difficult to decide which is most entitled to pity, he who is inoculated with stupidity, or he who has come by it in the natural way.

GEORGE DENISON PRENTICE

attributed, Day's Collacon


Beauty fades, dumb is forever.

JUDY SHEINDLIN

Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever


The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes
And gaping mouth, that testified surprise.

JOHN DRYDEN

Cymon and Iphigenia

Tags: John Dryden


I wouldn't say you're stupid. You are, but I wouldn't say.

ANONYMOUS


Stupidity is not a shield for accountability.

KEITH SCHROEDER

"Coble found guilty of arson at Plaza Towers", Hutchinson News, June 15, 2017


Stupidity is much the same all the world over. A stupid person's notions and feelings may confidently be inferred from those which prevail in the circle by which the person is surrounded. Not so with those whose opinions and feelings are an emanation from their own nature and faculties.

JOHN STUART MILL

The Subjugation of Women

Tags: John Stuart Mill


A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need advice.

BILL COSBY

attributed, The Gods Are Angry

Tags: Bill Cosby


I put all the love and beauty
In the spirit of the night
And I'm holding my ticket tight.
Stupidity and suffering
Are on that ticket, too
And I'm going down the dip with you.

AZTEC CAMERA

"Down the Dip"


Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.

BERTRAND RUSSELL

A History of Western Philosophy

Tags: Bertrand Russell


Stupidity is a factor to be reckoned with in human affairs. The true leader always expects to encounter it, and prepares to endure it patiently so long as it is normal stupidity. He knows that his ideas will be distorted, his orders carelessly executed; and that there will be jealousy among his assistants. He takes these inevitable phenomena into account, and instead of attempting to find men without faults, who are non-existent, he tries to make use of the best men at his disposal -- as they are, and not as they ought to be.

ANDRÉ MAUROIS

An Art of Living

Tags: André Maurois


If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

SCOTT ADAMS

attributed, Laugh Off: The Comedy Showdown Between Real Life and the Pros

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It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.

JEROME K. JEROME

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

Tags: Jerome K. Jerome


I'm not saying you're stupid. I'm just saying you've got bad luck when it comes to thinking.

ANONYMOUS


To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness -- though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.

JULIAN BARNES

Flaubert's Parrot

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Without stupid people we would have no one to laugh at.

ANONYMOUS


Stupid was a prison they never let you out of, no time off for good behavior, you were in for life.

STEPHEN KING

(as Richard Bachman), Blaze

Tags: Stephen King