“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
- Horace
“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
- Carl Sagan
“Arguing with a fool proves there are two.”
– Doris M. Smith
“A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
- Bertrand Russell
“If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?”
– Scott Adams
“My biggest fear about becoming a zombie is all the walking that I’d have to do.”
“Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you’ll be a mile from them, and you’ll have their shoes.”
- Jack Handey
“My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.”
- Chuck Nevitt
"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."
- Oscar Wilde
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
- Mark Twain
“I think if we tell people that the brain is an app, they will start using it.”
Anonymous
“If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?”
- Francis Parker Yockey
“If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”
- Will Rogers
"A clever person takes notice of everything; a stupid one makes a comment about everything."
- Heinrich Heine
“Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.”
- P. J. O’Rourke
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
- George Benard Shaw
“What is the only flaw of being intelligent?…that you have to deal with stupid people.”
Anonymous
“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
- Gustave Flaubert
“Scientists say the world is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. they forgot to mention morons.”
Anonymous
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
- Plato
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder!”
Anonymous
"The first thing you learn in life is you’re a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you’re the same fool."
Anonymous
"I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong."
Anonymous
“Make yourself look really stupid so you don’t feel bad doing something a little stupid.”
- Mark Hoppus
"Stupid is when you spend 18 hours trying to drown a fish."
Anonymous
“The downside of playing dumb is that you sound dumb.”
- Rachel Maddow
"The more you know, the dumber you sound to stupid people."
Anonymous
"It is the dull man who is always sure and the sure man who is always dull."
— H.L. Mencken
“I am responsible for what I say but I’m not responsible for what you understand.”
Anonymous
"If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people."
- Victor Cousin
“Think of how stupid the average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
– George Carlin
"Stupidity is like a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit."
"The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise."
Anonymous
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits."
Anonymous
"A stupid person laughs three times at a joke; once when everyone else is laughing, a second time when he actually gets the joke, and a third time when he realizes he was laughing without getting the joke at first."
"Common sense is not a gift. It’s a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn’t have it."
Anonymous
“There are more airplanes in the water than there are submarines in the sky.”
Anonymous
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
- Walt Disney
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
- Edith Sitwell
“People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.”
- Alice Walker
"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, nothin' can beat teamwork."
- Edward Abbey
"Don’t worry about what other people think. They don’t do it very often."
Anonymous
“No matter how smart you are, you can never convince someone stupid that they are stupid.”
Anonymous
"Technology is getting smarter and smarter: smartphones, smartwatches, smart homes… Only people remain stupid no matter what."
- Anna LeMind
"Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution."
Anonymous
“If being awesome was a crime, I would be serving a life sentence.”
Anonymous
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
- A. A. Milne
“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”
Anonymous
“When a stupid man is doing something, he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.”
- George Bernard Shaw
"If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times: Don’t exaggerate!"
Anonymous