Quotes on Stupidity

And writers say, as the most forward bud_x000D_ _x000D_ Is eaten by the canker ere it blow,_x000D_ _x000D_ Even so by love the young and tender wit_x000D_ _x000D_ Is turn'd to folly, blasting in the bud,_x000D_ _x000D_ Losing his verdure even in the prime,_x000D_ _x000D_ And all the fair effects of future hopes.

There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.

Against a stupidity that is in fashion, no wisdom compensates.

I am not a perfect being. . . . I have more faults than I know what to do with. I have a naughty temper. I am stubborn, impatient of hindrances and of stupidity. I have not in the truest sense a Christian spirit. I am naturally a fighter. I am lazy. I put off till tomorrow what I might better do today. I do not feel that I have been compensated for the two senses I lack. I have worked hard for all the senses I have got, and always I beg for more.

Long live gravity! Long live_x000D_ stupidity, error, and greed in the palaces_x000D_ of fantasy capitalism!

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.

Contrary to what people may say, there's no upper limit to stupidity.

What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Marriage marks the end of many short follies - being one long stupidity.

I have a sense of humor; but over the years that sense has developed one blind spot. I can no longer laugh at ignorance or stupidity. Those are our chief enemies, and it is dangerous to make fun of them.

I want to live as long as possible, just to see how stupid it gets.

It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid.

All that is necessary to raise imbecility into what the mob regards as profundity is to lift it off the floor and put it on a platform.

Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.

A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

It is better to emit a scream in the shape of a theory than to be entirely insensible to the jars and incongruities of life and take everything as it comes in a forlorn stupidity.

The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself.

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.