Stupidity Quotes

• Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Witty, Kings

  Strength to Love (1963) ch. 4

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• Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Wisdom, Reading, Knowledge

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  Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

  George Carlin

  Nature, Philosophy, Stupid

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• The stupidity of the American voter is exceeded only by its slovenliness.

  Jonathan Gruber

  American Voters, Voters

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

  Albert Einstein

  Funny, Hilarious, Education

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Education, Work, Stupid

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• Albrecht's Law - Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.

  Karl Albrecht

  Intelligent, Law, Organization

  Karl Albrecht (2003). “The Power of Minds at Work: Organizational Intelligence in Action”, p.4, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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• I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

  Edith Sitwell

  Patience, Stupid, Ignorance

  "The Last Years of a Rebel: A Memoir of Edith Sitwell". Book by Elizabeth Salter, 1967.

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• Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe.

  Frank Zappa

  Block, Stupidity And Ignorance, Hydrogen

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.239, Simon and Schuster

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• The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Funny, Life

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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  Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

  Anatole France

  Evil, Doe, Break

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• Stupidity makes you dangerous-to yourself and everyone around you.

  Jennifer Lee Carrell

  Dangerous

  Jennifer Lee Carrell (2007). “Interred with Their Bones”, p.111, Penguin

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• Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

  Heraclitus

  Funny, Secret

  Heraclitus (2003). “Fragments”, p.82, Penguin

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• Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Stupid, Silly, Ignorance

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• In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Las Vegas, Fear And Loathing, Thieves

  Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.73, Vintage

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• Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

  John Wayne

  Inspirational, Life, Education

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• Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest.

  Sam Levenson

  Funny, Wise, Stupid

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.86, Open Road Media

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• Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

  Frank Leahy

  Pain, Nfl, Ego

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

  Terry Pratchett

  Real, Discworld, Beats

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20)”, p.215, Random House

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• Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Earth, Limitless, Boundaries

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• Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

  Confucius

  Life, Change, Wise

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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  Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

  Euripides

  Relationship, Stupid, Communication

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus”, p.38, University of Chicago Press

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• The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Work, Philosophical, Men

  "The Prince". Book by Niccolo Machiavelli, Ch. 22, 1513.

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

  Konrad Adenauer

  Stupid, Men, Views

  "Through Russian Eyes: President Kennedy's 1036 Days". Book by Anatoly Gromyko, p. 128, 1973.

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