"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."
- Edgar Allan Poe
"Stupidity is like a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit."
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
- Edith Sitwell
"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."
“If being awesome was a crime, I would be serving a life sentence.”
Anonymous
“The problem with the world is that everyone does not have a brain, but everyone does have a tongue.”
- Raheel Farooq
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
- Mark Twain
“The downside of playing dumb is that you sound dumb.”
- Rachel Maddow
"Stupid is when you spend 18 hours trying to drown a fish."
Anonymous
"I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong."
Anonymous
"I am allergic to stupidity, so I break out in sarcasm."
Anonymous
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
– William Shakespeare
“My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me.”
- Jon Bon Jovi
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
- Plato
"I prefer not to think before speaking. I like being as surprised as everyone else by what comes out of my mouth."
Anonymous
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”
- A. A. Milne
"A clever person takes notice of everything; a stupid one makes a comment about everything."
- Heinrich Heine
“What is the only flaw of being intelligent?…that you have to deal with stupid people.”
Anonymous
“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 biggest fear about becoming a zombie is all the walking that I’d have to do.”
"If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?"
“There are much easier things in life than finding a good man. Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance.”
Anonymous
“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
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
– Albert Einstein
"It is the dull man who is always sure and the sure man who is always dull."
— H.L. Mencken
“There are more airplanes in the water than there are submarines in the sky.”
Anonymous
“Think of how stupid the average person is and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
– George Carlin
“My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.”
- Chuck Nevitt
“To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it.”
- George Bernard Shaw
“I am responsible for what I say but I’m not responsible for what you understand.”
Anonymous
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”
- Albert Einstein
"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."
- Oscar Wilde
“I think if we tell people that the brain is an app, they will start using it.”
Anonymous
“It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.”
“Every time I do something silly, it comes off really funny because it’s natural.”
- Shaquille O’Neal
“Arguing with a fool proves there are two.”
– Doris M. Smith
“Make yourself look really stupid so you don’t feel bad doing something a little stupid.”
- Mark Hoppus
"Common sense is not a gift. It’s a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn’t have it."
Anonymous
"The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise."
Anonymous
“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
"Don’t worry about what other people think. They don’t do it very often."
Anonymous
“When a stupid man is doing something, he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.”
- George Bernard Shaw
“If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”
- Will Rogers
"If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people."
- Victor Cousin
“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
- Gustave Flaubert
“Every man is a d*** fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
― Elbert Hubbard
"The dumbest people I know are those who Know It All."
– Malcolm Forbes
"Better to keep silent and let people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
- Abraham Lincoln
“If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?”
- Francis Parker Yockey
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
- George Benard Shaw