STUPIDITY QUOTES IV

quotations about stupidity

A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.

ED SOLOMON

Men in Black


The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.

C. S. LEWIS

The Magician's Nephew

Tags: C. S. Lewis


Only half-wits can stumble into such enormities.

CHINUA ACHEBE

Anthills of the Savannah

Tags: Chinua Achebe


One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.

EDWARD ABBEY

The Monkey Wrench Gang

Tags: Edward Abbey


Human stupidity is a constant throughout history.

ANTONELLA DI BIASE

"What Is Neurocapitalism and Why Are We Living In It?", Motherboard, October 18, 2016


It seems that in the advanced stages of stupidity, a lack of ideas is compensated for by an excess of ideologies.

CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON

The Angel's Game

Tags: Carlos Ruiz Zafon


It shows much more stupidity to be grave at a good thing, than to be merry at a bad one.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan

Tags: Charles Caleb Colton


The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.

RAY BRADBURY

Dandelion Wine

Tags: Ray Bradbury


Heaven is for heroes
And hell is full of fools
Stupidity, no will to live
They're breaking God's own rules

OZZY OSBOURNE

"Revelation (Mother Earth)"


Intelligence minus purpose equals stupidity.

TOBA BETA

Master of Stupidity


Why is it that the stupidest people are always the most good-natured?

STEFAN ZWEIG

Beware of Pity

Tags: Stefan Zweig


Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.

PATRICIA BRIGGS

Dragon Bones

Tags: Patricia Briggs


I never heard tell of any clever man that came of entirely stupid people.

THOMAS CARLYLE

Rectorial Address at Edinburgh, April 2, 1886

Tags: Thomas Carlyle


Far be it from me to ever let my common sense get in the way of my stupidity. I say we press on.

SHERRILYN KENYON

Infinity

Tags: Sherrilyn Kenyon


A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

WILLIAM BLAKE

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Tags: William Blake


When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

JONATHAN SWIFT

Abolishing Christianity and Other Essays

Tags: Jonathan Swift


With various readings stored his empty skull,
Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.

CHARLES CHURCHILL

The Rosciad


The deep and vast reservoir of human stupidity is significantly more upsetting than what lurks out in the night sky.

NICK JOHNSTON

"Film Review: 'Alien: Covenant' depicts a franchise in dire need of a reinvention", Vanyaland, May 15, 2017


Stupidity has a price and it always gets paid.

DAN SIMMONS

Carrion Comfort

Tags: Dan Simmons


Got a foot in the door
God knows what for
And he'll cut me down to size
Stupidity tries

ELLIOTT SMITH

"Stupidity Tries"