STUPIDITY QUOTES V

quotations about stupidity

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

ELLIOTT SMITH

"Stupidity Tries"


Stupidity belongs to no station in life; it is as often found beneath silks and broadcloth as calico and homespun.

E. P. DAY

Day's Collacon


Nothing is more difficult than to distinguish in children real stupidity from that apparent and deceitful stupidity, which is the precursor of great men.

JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU

attributed, Day's Collacon

Tags: Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Trials and tribulations and stupidity still rules
Sometimes it looks like I'm on a ship of fools

VAN MORRISON

"It Once Was My Life"


Stupidity is at the heart of why and how things go wrong.

DAVID KRAKAUER

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


Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

attributed, Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything

Tags: Albert Einstein


A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

DOUGLAS ADAMS

Mostly Harmless

Tags: Douglass Adams


There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.

JEAN DE LA BRUYERE

Les Characteres

Tags: Jean de La Bruyere


Stupidity is an inevitable side effect of being a young male.

CHADD SCOTT

"There are good reasons college football players should talk to 'local' media", Gridiron Now, June 22, 2017


If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.

MERCEDES LACKEY

Owlknight


Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.

FRIEDRICH SCHILLER

The Maid of Orleans

Tags: Friedrich Schiller


Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

OSCAR WILDE

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Tags: Oscar Wilde


Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

STEPHEN VIZINCZEY

Sunday Telegraph, March 2, 1975