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Quotes about Stupidity


The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.

John King Fairbank

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Napoleon I. Bonaparte

There is no sin except stupidity.

Oscar Wilde

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Robert Heinlein

Stupidity is the devil. Look in the eye of a chicken and you'll know. It's the most horrifying, cannibalistic, and nightmarish creature in this world.

Werner Herzog

Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.

Friedrich Von Schiller

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the sources of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

P.J. O'Rourke

Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.

Joseph Addison

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

John Dryden

There are only two truly infinite things, the universe and stupidity. And I am unsure about the universe.

John Dryden

Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature.

Samuel Johnson

The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news was told him, to exclaim, "Est il possible?"--"Is it possible?"

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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

Alexander Pope

Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. [Ger., Mit der Dummheit kampfen Gotter selbst vergebens.]

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.

Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde)

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.

Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde)

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. But not in that order.

Edward P. Tryon

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