Stupidity Quotes - Page 4

• The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

  Voltaire

  Funny, Hilarious, Silly

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• To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

  Voltaire

  Funny, Stupid, Humor

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

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• There is no sin except stupidity.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Stupid, Silly

  'The Critic as Artist' pt. 2 in 'Intentions' (1891)

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• Anger makes us all stupid.

  Johanna Spyri

  Stupid

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• You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

  Scott Adams

  Stupid, Underestimate, Dilbert

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• Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense.

  Josh Lieb

  Crazy, Insanity, Make Sense

  Josh Lieb (2009). “I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President”, p.56, Penguin

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• The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.

  Eric Hoffer

  Vanity, Selfishness, Hardest

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Funny, Business, Stupid

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Men, Mercy Of God, Things In Life

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• Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.

  Bernard Barton

  Opinion, Proof, Obstinacy

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• 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

  Philip Wollen

  Life, Trust, Dream

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• Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Stupid, Silly, Men

  Oliver Wendell Holmes (1858). “The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table: Every Man His Own Boswell”, p.42

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• If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises. If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don't have to run away. You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.

  Ajahn Chah

  Running, Lying, Teaching

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• To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Happiness, Selfish, Stupid

  Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (1980). “The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857”, p.62, Harvard University Press

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• Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Sad, Stupid, Silly

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.36, Penguin

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• You know the typical crowd, Wow, it’s Friday night, what are you going to do? Just sit there? Well, yeah. Because there’s nothing out there. It’s stupidity. Stupid people mingling with stupid people. Let them stupidify themselves. I’ve never been bothered with the need to rush out into the night. That’s all. Sorry for all the millions, but I’ve never been lonely. I like myself. I’m the best form of entertainment I have.

  Charles Bukowski

  Friday, Lonely, Sorry

  Charles Bukowski (2003). “Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters, 1963-1993”

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• People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it -ignorance is when you choose not to understand something.

  Sarah McLachlan

  Stupid, Ignorance, People

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• Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Underestimate, Attributes, Malice

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• It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Silly, Stupid People, Cynical

  "The Nine Satanic Sins". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1987.

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• Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Stupid, Silly, Men

  Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale (1996). “Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits”, p.376, Cambridge University Press

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• The greatest of all sins is stupidity.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sin

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• Stupidity is without anxiety.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Anxiety

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann, Frédéric Jacob Soret (1850). “Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret”, p.177

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• It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Courage, Stupid, Anticipation

  Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Final Problem" (1893).

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• If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Mother, Father, Poverty

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• Lord, what fools these mortals be!

  William Shakespeare

  Summer, Dream, Stupid People

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 115

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