Quotes on Stupidity

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

Doubt is the father of invention.

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

There is no vaccine against stupidity.

The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all ages is - Imbecility; imbecility in the vast majority of men, at all times, and, even in heroes, in all but certain eminent moments; victims of gravity

Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

We obey people we don't trust, to buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't like, using money we don't have, for gratifications that don't last, killing animals we don't hate, for pleasures that don't satisfy, dreaming of a life we don't deserve, and praying for an afterlife that doesn't exist, we are a stupid species

If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.

There's a difference between bravery and rash stupidity.

It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.

The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of mind; that it banishes brains, it sanctifies stupidity, it canonizes incompetence.

And this has been man's stupidity - a very ancient one: whenever he gets into difficulty, he changes the word. Change the word marriage into soul mates, but don't change yourself. And you are the problem, not the word; any word will do. A rose is a rose is a rose...you can call it by any name. You are asking to change the concept, you are not asking to change yourself.

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

In the end, this world will go under because of the stupidity of people.

There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal, as if it were not a benefit and a joy to a man, being what he is, to know that many are, have been, and will be better than he.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Stupidity is a blockage in the ability to receive, integrate and transmit new signals.