Quotations about

Stupidity

I was half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.

—J. D. Salinger

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.

—Unknown

The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better.

—Randy K. Milholland

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

—Confucius

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

—Euripides

There are more fools in the world than there are people.

—Heinrich Heine

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

—Martin Luther King Jr.

Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.

—Unknown

Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

—Unknown

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

—Unknown

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

—Unknown

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

—William Shakespeare

Lord, what fools these mortals be!

—Unknown

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

—Edith Sitwell