Some quotations about stupidity, plus many quotes, ideas, brilliant thoughts and also some criticism about the foolishness of our world and its people.
To philosopher and historian the madness and imbecile wickedness of mankind ought to appear ordinary events.
David Hume
A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.
Arabian Proverb
Unfortunately our planet is more and more full of increasingly empty men, to paraphrase Eliot, shapeless figures, colorless shadows, not souls, lost and violent, but only, empty men, stuffed men, created by the taxidermists of stupidity.
Carl William Brown
You can’t overestimate the stupidity of the general public.
Charles Bukowski
What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.
Arthur Shopenhauer
So you see, the universe is made up by protons, electrons, neutrons and morons.
Anonymous
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Bertrand Russell
A clever person solves problems. A wise person avoids them. On the contrary a stupid man creates them. And if the world is full of problems, there must be a clear reason!
Albert Einstein
By now humanity has become so imbecile that we often tend to mortify intelligence, in order not to offend stupidity.
Carl William Brown
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in a large group.
George Carlin
Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed!
Albert Einstein
Being a scholar of stupidity, how could avoid to thank a lot of people for their existence.
Carl William Brown
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.
Albert Einstein
Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others experience.
Otto Von Bismarck
I don’t follow any particular politician, but I am interested in stupidity, so I am always well informed!
Carl William Brown
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
Oscar Wilde
Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
George Carlin
Interacting with people that don’t like you it’s a fundamental process to study human stupidity.
Carl William Brown
Don’t argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.
Bertrand Russell
Only by studying stupidity at large you can get better at coping with stupid people.
Carl William Brown
The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.
John King Fairbank
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
Pope John Paul II
Visit also our Free Forum On Stupidity, and our Facebook group SAS Struggle Against Stupidity, and all our blogs, where you will surely find very interesting material on the topic, namely The Fortattack project that is the greatest attack against the Forte organized by the fervent and dangerous Carl William Brown, the literary avenger!
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On the same topic you can also read:
Struggle Against Stupidity (SAS)
Quotes against power and stupidity 1
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