Quotes about stupidity
stupidity faces reason
Robert Cormier You could reason with someone who was halfway educated and appeal to his intelligence, but I felt helpless in the face of utter stupidity.
stupidity answers readiness
Saul Bellow Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.
stupidity battle shapes
William Booth It is against stupidity in every shape and form that we have to wage our eternal battle. But how can we wonder at the want of sense on the part of those who have had no advantages, when we see such plentiful absence of that commodity on the part of those who have had all the advantages?
stupidity surprise persist
Jose Ortega y Gasset Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.
stupidity height valleys
Ludwig Wittgenstein A philosopher always finds more grass to feed upon in the valleys of stupidity than on the arid heights of intelligence.
stupidity sad-things absolutely-nothing
John Cleese The sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it.
stupidity fool pedants
Napoleon Bonaparte A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable.
stupidity black magic
Kim Harrison I ought to file charges of uncommon stupidity against you for letting her try this alone." ~ Newt, Black Magic Sanction, Kim Harrison
stupidity letters faces
Leonard Woolf Leonard Woolf in a letter to Lytton Strachey said he hated John Maynard Keynes "for his crass stupidity and hideous face".
stupidity pillars united-states
Leon Trotsky The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.
stupidity lust cowardice
Marcus Tullius Cicero For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly?
stupidity patches
Kevin Mitnick There is no patch for stupidity.
stupidity rhythm-and-blues different
Paul Westerberg Having a diverse sense of taste - or lack of taste - I loved so many different things. I was drawn to the stupidity and excitement of glam, I had a thorough upbringing in rhythm and blues.
stupidity honor
R. A. Salvatore Never confuse honor with stupidity!
stupidity behind-you looks
Ralph Waldo Emerson Look out! Behind you!
stupidity historical sometimes
Sidney Hook Stupidity is sometimes the greatest of historical forces.
stupidity population would-be
Laurell K. Hamilton Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.
stupidity crime
Larry Niven Stupidity is always a capital crime.
stupidity balls cannons
Josh Billings You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball.
stupidity simplicity age
Ovid Simplicity, very rare in our age.
stupidity moments eternity
Paullina Simons I was blinded by stupidity for a brief moment in our life, for a flicker in the eternity in which you and I live, and I stumbled.
stupidity paper toilets
George Lindsey It's not hard to tell we was poor - when you saw the toilet paper dryin' on the clothesline.
stupidity luck selfishness
Joe Abercrombie There was no such thing as luck. Luck was a word idiots used to explain the consequences of their own rashness, and selfishness, and stupidity. More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.
stupidity voters american-voters
Jonathan Gruber The stupidity of the American voter is exceeded only by its slovenliness.
stupidity political american-voters
Jonathan Gruber Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically, that was really, really critical for the thing to pass.
stupidity kind certain
Gayle Forman It takes certain kind of naiveté, or perhaps just stupidity, to know things will end and still hope otherwise.
stupidity needs world
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.
stupidity looks conspiracy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much
stupidity anxiety
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Stupidity is without anxiety.
stupidity live-in-the-moment dull
Heidi Julavits I am simply looking for a companion with whom to spend my days, a companion who will cherish as much as I the stupidity of living in the moment, and spend every dull, amazing second with me.
stupidity stronger trying
Hesiod He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger.
stupidity secret
Heraclitus Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.