Funny Stupidity and Foolishness Quotes

These silly and witty sayings give a positive spin to this otherwise touchy subject!

Funny Stupidity and Foolishness Quotes

"I am allergic to stupidity, so I break out in sarcasm."
Anonymous
“The downside of playing dumb is that you sound dumb.”
- Rachel Maddow
"If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times: Don’t exaggerate!"
Anonymous
“The problem with the world is that everyone does not have a brain, but everyone does have a tongue.”
- Raheel Farooq
"There’s nothing more tedious than seeing how a person shows his intellect, especially if there isn’t any."
- Erich Maria Remarque
"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
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
- Mark Twain
“If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”
- Will Rogers
"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
“Stupid people will mistake your confidence for arrogance.”
- Habeeb Akande
“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
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
- Plato
“I think if we tell people that the brain is an app, they will start using it.”
Anonymous
“When a stupid man is doing something, he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.”
- George Bernard Shaw
“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
“There are much easier things in life than finding a good man. Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance.”
Anonymous
“Scientists say the world is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. they forgot to mention morons.”
Anonymous
"If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?"
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
- Edith Sitwell
“On the internet, you can be anything you want. It’s strange that so many people choose to be stupid.”
Anonymous
“My biggest fear about becoming a zombie is all the walking that I’d have to do.”
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder!”
Anonymous
“People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.”
- Alice Walker
"Technology is getting smarter and smarter: smartphones, smartwatches, smart homes… Only people remain stupid no matter what."
- Anna LeMind
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
- A. A. Milne
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits."
Anonymous
"The more you know, the dumber you sound to stupid people."
Anonymous
"The dumbest people I know are those who Know It All."
– Malcolm Forbes
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
– Winston S. Churchill
“I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.”
- Walt Disney
"Don’t believe everything you think."
Anonymous
“If being awesome was a crime, I would be serving a life sentence.”
Anonymous
“Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can’t see.”
“What is the only flaw of being intelligent?…that you have to deal with stupid people.”
Anonymous
“We live in the era of smart phones and stupid people.”
Antonymous
"The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise."
Anonymous
“Make yourself look really stupid so you don’t feel bad doing something a little stupid.”
- Mark Hoppus
"I prefer not to think before speaking. I like being as surprised as everyone else by what comes out of my mouth."
Anonymous
"Stupidity has a knack of getting its way."
- Albert Camus
“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”
Anonymous
"It is the dull man who is always sure and the sure man who is always dull."
— H.L. Mencken
“Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.”
- Elbert Hubbard
“If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?”
- Francis Parker Yockey
"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
“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
- Oscar Wilde
“Every man is a d*** fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard
“To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it.”
- George Bernard Shaw
“My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me.”
- Jon Bon Jovi